Brookes Is Indeed Injured, GanJo Gets Marvelous, Sasadango In TJPW

May 31, 2023

DDT “DDT YOKOHAMA UNLIMITED VOL. 3”, 03/06/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Takeshi Masada Vs Kazuma Sumi
2. 2 Vs 3 Handicap Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Antonio Honda, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuki Ishida
4. Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs HARASHIMA & Soma Takao
5. Daisuke Sasaki (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Toy Kojima
6. Sanshiro Takagi & Akito Vs Yuki Ueno & Yuni
7. Special Tag Match: MAO & Mei Suruga Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
8. Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Masahiro Takanshi

DDT confirmed that Chris Brookes dislocated his right shoulder yesterday. He will be resting for three weeks but no date has been given yet for when he can return to wrestling. This weekend’s shows have been changed around to make up for Brookes’ absence. Kazusada Higuchi is living up to his promise to help Brookes prepare for the KO-D Openweight Title match as much as he can and still intends to put Yuji Hino’s to the test this weekend.

The Yokohama show is changed a lot because of Brookes’ injury. Masahiro Takanashi replaces him in the main event, MAO now has to team with Mei Suruga again, Yuni will be teaming with Yuki Ueno to fight their bosses Sanshiro Takagi & Akito plus more changes were made down the card.

DDT “JAPAN PARA-WRESTLING FEDERATION CHARITY SHOW ~ WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN ODAWARA”, 04/06/2023
Kanagawa Odawara Arena Sub Arena

1. Takeshi Masada Vs Rukiya
2. Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Kazuki Hirata & Toy Kojima
3. DAMNATION T.A Vs BURNING!: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
4. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Akito
6. Odawara Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazusada Higuchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida

The Kanagawa show the next day does not have as many changes. MAO replaces Brookes in the main event, turning Harimao into HariMAO! Also Soma Takao is now getting booked to take MAO’s original spot in the Yoshiaki Yatsu match.

GANBARE☆PRO “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA II”, 09/07/2023
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Miyuki Takase
2. YuuRI & Tomoka Inaba Vs Takumi Iroha & Mio Momono
3. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The friendly rivalry that’s been brewing between YuuRI & Tomoka Inaba is leading to them teaming together. Their opponents come from Marvelous as that promotion is sending Takumi Iroha & Mio Momono over to Ganbare☆Pro!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW CITY CIRCUIT ’23 ~SHOKO NAKAJIMA LOCAL TRIUMPH~”, 05/08/2023
Niigata Dúo CEREZO

This show is a long way out but I’m including it for the list of talent announced so far: Yuki Arai, Aja Kong and… Super Sasadango Machine? Well the event it taking place in his hometown after all. Last time he was in Tokyo Joshi Pro it was to help Hyper Misao reveal she got married.

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Brookes Might Be Injured, Nyla Rose Coming To TJPW, Kodaka Challenges For SOG Title

May 29, 2023

A little bit of worrying news comes from today’s Gatoh Move show. CDK were defending the Asia Dream Tag Team Titles against Shin Suzuki & Choun-Shiryu. During the match Shiryu gave Chris Brookes the Chinese Gory Special Bomb and Brookes injured his shoulder, stopping the match. Suzuki & Shiryu were declared the winners and Masahiro Takanashi handed them over the championship belts because the result counts as a title change. Takanashi reappeared later in the show to tell the fans that Brookes was on the way to the hospital for a diagnosis and his message to everyone is he’s feeling fine. The last thing DDT needs right now is another injury, especially to one of the headliners for their next Sumo Hall show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 04/06/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall

1. Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara Vs Mahiro Kiryu, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo
2. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Toga
3. Moka Miyamoto Vs Shino Suzuki
4. Hyper Misao Vs HIMAWARI
5. Mizuki & Suzume Vs Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami
6. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo Vs Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku

The strongest trio in Tokyo Joshi Pro lately are Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Can they keep their run of success going against Daydream & Arisu Endo? Especially if Rika Tatsumi & Endo figure out how to summon back their heel gimmick from “HYPE!” and go act violently again. Miu Watanabe is too cheerful for that life though.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023”, 25/06/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
2. International Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Nick Wayne
3. DDT Extreme Title: MAO Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima Vs X & X

Over the weekend Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima made appeals to DDT asking to be one of the teams fighting for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Titles. With ShunMao stepping aside and vacating the belts, Kojima wanted his team with Ueno to represent The 37KAMIINA in the championship match. Despite losing his recent matches, Kojima impressed management enough to grant his request.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23”, 08/07/2023
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Sawyer Wreck
2. Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nyla Rose
2. Princess Of Princess Title: Mizuki (c) Vs Maki Itoh

When Yuka Sakazaki announced her plans to graduate TJPW at the end of the year, she said one of her remaining wishes was to wrestle somebody from AEW at “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23”. The invitation was accepted and AEW is sending over Nyla Rose! The former AEW Women’s Champion has wrestled in Japan before but this will be her first time in TJPW. They’ve been opponents in tag matches on Dark before and they also once fought each other in a Triple Threat match along with Riho. This match however is the first time they will face off one on one.

GANBARE☆PRO “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA II”, 09/07/2023
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Miyuki Takase
2. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The biggest show of the year for Ganbare☆Pro will be headlined with an inter-promotional match against BASARA with their biggest prize on the line. Mizuki Watase is defending the Spirit Of Ganbare Title against Isami Kodaka and both men will be carrying the flag for their respective promotions. The fighting talk between the two from yesterday suggests this won’t be the end to the rivalry. Watase has promised to continue defending the SOG Title against BASARA wrestlers after he beats Kodaka. In return Kodaka has offered to do the same with GanPro talent if he beats Watase for the belt.

Almost one year after she joined GanPro, Yoshiko Hasegawa gets a special singles match against her senpai Miyuki Takase. Hasegawa owes a lot to Takase for taking care of her during her absence away from wrestling. The best way she can pay her back is to show how much she has grown under GanPro and beat her in their first singles match against each other.

Freelance wrestler Kuma Arashi has suddenly offered to wrestle on GanPro shows after attending yesterday’s shows and being impressed with the company’s passion. He had a match in GanPro once before in 2020 back when he was signed to WRESTLE-1. The atmosphere he felt yesterday reminded him of W1 and convinced him to give this place another shot. He also wants to form a tag team with Ken Ohka while he is here.

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Busy Weekend, Chouten B Block, MAO Vs Hirata For Extreme Title

May 26, 2023

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 27/05/2023
Kanagawa Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center

1. Hikari Noa Vs Haru Kazashiro
2. Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku Vs Toga & Runa Okubo
3. Nao Kakuta & Asuka Vs Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
4. Mizuki & Raku Vs Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara
6. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Aja Kong & Mahiro Kiryu

The weekend of shows begin with Yuki Kamifuku’s homecoming in Kanagawa.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN HIROSHIMA”, 27/05/2023
Hiroshima JMS Aster Plaza

1. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya
2. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada
3. MAO Vs Hideki Okatani
4. Special Single Match: Kenshin Chikano Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Hiroshima Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Rey Paloma
6. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima Vs Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul
7. Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada

Then it’s onto the first preview of Yuji Hino versus Chris Brookes.

GANBARE☆PRO “I WILL BE A BUTTERFLY FOR YOU 2023”, 28/05/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. GanPro Vs Australia: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Hartley Jackson & Mitch Ryder
2. GanJo Special Tag Match: YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Moeka Haruhi & Riara
3. GanPro Vs Sento Minzoku: Ken Ohka & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura
4. Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuki Kanzaki Vs Yumehito Imanari, Tyson Maeguchi & Shinichiro Tominaga

On Sunday Ganbare☆Pro presents its monthly tripleshot. GanPro’s feud with Sento Minzoku also brings back the rivalry between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita.

GANBARE☆PRO “WRESTLE YUMEHITO FACTORY 2023”, 28/05/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. BEST OF THE SUPER arena Grand Final: Moeka Haruhi Vs YuuRI
2. Yumehito Poison Rumble: Mizuki Watase Vs Soma Takao Vs Tyson Maeguchi Vs Yuki Kanzaki Vs HARUKAZE Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Riara
3. Shin Rogai-gun Vs Shin Jidai-gun: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shota Vs Ilusion & Munetatsu Nakamura
4. Yumehito Imanari’s GanPro 10th Anniversary Match: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Ken Ohka & Keisuke Ishii

Then things get a bit silly with Yumehito Imanari in charge of the middle show. The show’s logo is a tribute to Wrestle Yume Factory.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN KUMAMOTO”, 28/05/2023
Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall

1. Yuya Koroku Vs Rukiya
2. 2 Vs 3 Handicap Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Chris Brookes & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi
4. BURNING Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
5. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Toy Kojima
6. Kumamoto Specialty Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Kota Umeda & Takeshi Masada
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & X Vs Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Shogun Okamoto

Still no reveal of who X is yet.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆PRO WRESTLING PLAYERS ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE”, 28/05/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mixed Tag Match: Shota & YuuRI Vs Shinichiro Tominaga & HARUKAZE
2. Special Single Match: Choun-Shiryu Vs Moeka Haruhi
3. Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Mizuki Watase, Soma Takao & Yumehito Imanari Vs Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Shuichiro Katsumura
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title Next Challenger: Isami Kodaka Vs Munetatsu Nakamura

GanPro ends their long day finding out who will be the No. 1 Contender for the Spirit Of Ganbare Title.

BASARA “BASARA 220 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 25~”, 03/06/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura Vs Daichi Kazato & Lil’ Kraken
2. 3 Way Match: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs SAGAT
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: Takato Nakano Vs Minoru Fujita
4. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino
5. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: FUMA Vs Fuminori Abe
6. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Yasu Urano

The Chouten ~Itadaki~ moves onto the B Block in Round 1.

DDT “DDT YOKOHAMA UNLIMITED VOL. 3”, 03/06/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Takeshi Masada Vs Kazuma Sumi
2. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Akito & Antonio Honda
3. Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Rukiya Vs Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida
4. Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs HARASHIMA & Soma Takao
5. DAMNATION T.A Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima
6. Special Single Match: MAO Vs Yuni
7. Special Tag Match ~ Gatoh Move Vs DDT’s Comical Strongest Tag: Masahiro Takanashi & Mei Suruga Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
8. Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Chris Brookes & Kazusada Higuchi

One by one Yuni is going to be getting singles matches against DDT’s regulars. Not sure if it’s a good idea to let MAO be of any influence to him.

BASARA “BASARA 221 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 26~”, 03/06/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. FUMA & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT
2. Ryuichi Sekine Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano Vs Fuminori Abe & Takato Nakano
4. Lil’ Kraken & Leo Isaka Vs Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
5. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 2 A Block: Isami Kodaka Vs Daiki Shimomura

The 2nd Round schedule looks to be changed a little bit. Only one match from Round 2 is happening on the show due to some wrestlers having commitments elsewhere that evening. The rest of Round 2 will be happening on the 17th June show.

DDT “JAPAN PARA-WRESTLING FEDERATION CHARITY SHOW ~ WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN ODAWARA”, 04/06/2023
Kanagawa Odawara Arena Sub Arena

1. Takeshi Masada Vs Rukiya
2. Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Kazuki Hirata & Toy Kojima
3. DAMNATION T.A Vs BURNING!: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
4. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs MAO & Kazuma Sumi
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Akito
6. Odawara Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida

Two wrestlers who were part of Hino’s 20th Anniversary match are teaming with him here. Hino gets HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi on his team while Brookes joins forces with Harimao.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN OSAKA”, 10/06/2023
Osaka Suminoe Maikon Hall

1. Yuki Ishida Vs Kazuma Sumi
2. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
3. Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Rukiya
4. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
5. DAMNATION T.A Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs MAO & Toy Kojima
6. Special Tag Match: Toru Owashi & “brother” YASSHI Vs Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata
7. Maikon no Kohara Presents Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & HARASHIMA Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada

The main event gets a sponsor and the undercard is changed around a bit because of Shunma Katsumata’s injury.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN MATSUYAMA”, 11/06/2023
Ehime Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Rukiya
2. 2 Vs 3 Handicap Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida
3. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada
4. Special Tag Match: Akito & Char Vs Yusuke Okada & Tsuru Himeka
5. Ω Vs Eruption!: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
6. BURNING Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku Vs MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima
7. Matsuyama Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi (w/ Cutie Elly The Ehime), Imabari Taoru Mascaras & Tsutenkakka Vs HARASHIMA, Saki Akai & Kazuma Sumi

Katsumata’s injury means the Ehime shows gets changed a little bit too.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023”, 25/06/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
2. International Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Nick Wayne
3. DDT Extreme Title: MAO Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: X & X Vs X & X

MAO and Kazuki Hirata have been chosen to compete in the vacant DDT Extreme Title match. MAO thinks it is fitting to be the next person to hold the title after Katsumata. Hirata understands that would be lovely story telling but that doesn’t matter because he is going to win it instead! He expects the match to be so exciting it will help Katsumata recover quicker.

Now in his 30s, Tetsuya Endo is starting to notice it takes longer for him to recover from his matches so it motivates him to see the next generation rise. That is why he wants to face Nick Wayne in a singles match for Wayne’s DDT debut in Japan to keep him sharp for Matt Cardona in July.

Sanshiro Takagi wants to team up with Eruption one time before Saki Akai’s retirement takes place. His King Of DDT match against Sakaguchi also inspired him to come up with the idea. Ryota Nakatsu is looking forward to facing Takagi because he likes fighting his bosses. Just ask Isami Kodaka in BASARA.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023”, 23/07/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Special Tag Match: Chiitan☆ & Pokotan Vs Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs El Desperado
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
4. DDT Universal Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Matt Cardona (w/ Steph De Lander)
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Chris Brookes

One of Akai’s requests before she retires is try and win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles with Eruption one more time. Takagi immediately put the match together for “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023”.

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Saki Akai To Retire In November

May 24, 2023

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023”, 23/07/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani

DDT “SAKI AKAI 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN KORAKUEN!!”, 13/08/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Saki Akai Vs X

DDT “SAKI AKAI 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN KYOTO!!”, 30/09/2023
Kyoto KBS Hall

1. Saki Akai Vs X

DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2023”, 12/11/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Saki Akai Retirement Match: Saki Akai Vs X

The big announcement that DDT has been teasing this week was revealed today. Saki Akai announced she will be retiring from pro wrestling on 12th November at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2023”. She is celebrating her 10th year as a pro wrestler this year and felt the end of it is the right time for her career to finish as a beautiful flower instead of a wilting one. Akai said at the press conference that she’s been with DDT for 10 years non-stop and is proud to have been a part of the company. When she was inexperienced and lacking in skill during her early years, the warm support from everybody gave her strength and confidence. She decided that Sumo Hall was the perfect place for her retirement match because it is also where she debuted in 2013.

Also at the press conference was Sanshiro Takagi. He spoke about scouting Akai a decade ago, thinking she had great potential and then faced a lot of opposition over the idea from her mother. Takagi ensured Akai’s mother that they would take responsibility for her every step of the way and asked her to let Akai do it for at least one year. He is so happy and proud to see how much Akai loves DDT and was willing to do anything she could to help them grow. It is now up to DDT to give her the most beautiful send off they can give her. Takagi also told Akai she will always be part of the DDT family even when she is retired.

Akai then answered questions from the press. She told them her post-retirement plans is to run her beauty salon along with continuing her modelling career. She didn’t start thinking about retiring until her 8th or 9th year in the business and felt her 10th anniversary would be the most ideal finishing point. It was this past February when Akai told Takagi of her intentions to retire. Takagi thought Akai would be with DDT forever and then joked about asking her mother for forgiveness every year until he stopped in year six. Akai has told her mother about the retirement plans and also hopes today’s news will reach her estranged father Hidekazu Akai. She also suggested doing a mixed-gender match of some sort for her last bout because she debuted in that kind of match.

But before all that happens, Akai wants one more chance to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles with Eruption because that championship is the one she has the most affection for. Takagi listened and decided right there that Harimao Vs Eruption will take place at “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023” on 23rd July with the belts on the line. Takagi was asked to describe what Akai’s appeal as a wrestler was. He said Akai is tall, beautiful and hates to lose. He thinks she probably inherited the last one from her father. He also said she has an amazing fighting instinct and wants her to keep showing it until the end. Akai said she is thankful she never suffered any serious injuries during her career that made her miss any ring time. As a pro wrestler it makes her happy she gets to end her career on her own terms. She still has her anniversary shows coming up and her retirement is 6 months away but she knows it will all go past in a blink of an eye. She thanks her fans because they made her a pro wrestler and took care of her.

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Peter Pan Main Event, Shunma Injured, KO-D Tag And Extreme Titles Vacated

May 22, 2023

Not sure what this bit of news will end up being but DDT will have a “big announcement” revealed on their Youtube channel this Wednesday. What it is or if they are being honest by calling it big I do not know. The synopsis on the video’s page does not provide any clues as far as I can see. A previous kind of tease they did like this was the announcement of “CYBERFIGHT FESTIVAL 2022” last year so maybe this one could be related to “ULTIMATE PARTY 2023” in November?

BASARA “BASARA 219 ~KOO~”, 23/05/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryuichi Sekine, Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano Vs FUMA, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu
2. 3 Way Match: Gouma Ryu Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs Takato Nakano
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: SAGAT Vs Lil’ Kraken
4. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Leo Isaka
5. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Daiki Shimomura Vs Daichi Kazato
6. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Isami Kodaka Vs Shiori Asahi

The Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 begins tomorrow.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 27/05/2023
Kanagawa Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center

1. Hikari Noa Vs Haru Kazashiro
2. Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku Vs Toga & Runa Okubo
3. Nao Kakuta & Asuka Vs Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
4. Mizuki & Raku Vs Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara
6. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Aja Kong & Mahiro Kiryu

Yuki Kamifuku’s good friend Asuka is calling by to celebrate Kamiyu’s big homecoming show.

The team of Mizuki & Raku is called Oyasumi Rabbit. The team of Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki is called Green Team.

Runa Okubo returns to action after missing a few shows due to “academic reasons”. Was she flunking class or something?

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN HIROSHIMA”, 27/05/2023
Hiroshima JMS Aster Plaza

1. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya
2. MAO Vs Hideki Okatani
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada
4. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima Vs Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul
5. Special Single Match: Kenshin Chikano Vs Kazuki Hirata
6. Hiroshima Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Rey Paloma
7. Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada

The road to “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023” is filled with Yuji Hino and Chris Brookes fighting each other. That means the likes of Makoto Oishi and Takeshi Masada will be getting involved too.

The card had to be changed slightly because of KANON’s injury.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN KUMAMOTO”, 28/05/2023
Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall

1. Yuya Koroku Vs Rukiya
2. 2 Vs 3 Handicap Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Chris Brookes & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi
4. BURNING Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
5. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Toy Kojima
6. Kumamoto Specialty Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Kota Umeda & Takeshi Masada
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & X Vs Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Shogun Okamoto

With KANON absent, DAMNATION T.A are bringing in Shogun Okamoto to take on the Ω team. Okamoto has fought Hino before in DDT as part of the ONLY WE shows whenever the PERON GRANDES heel unit decided to get involved. Ω still have their mystery partner as an ace up their sleeve.

DDT “DDT YOKOHAMA UNLIMITED VOL. 3”, 03/06/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Special Tag Match ~ Gatoh Move Vs DDT’s Comical Strongest Tag: Masahiro Takanashi & Mei Suruga Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
2. Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Chris Brookes & Kazusada Higuchi

The two King Of DDT finalists are teaming up! Kazusada Higuchi publicly congratulated Brookes at a press conference today and offered to help him in any form to prepare for Hino.

Some of the matches previously announced for this show had to be cancelled due to injuries changing DDT’s places. The new matches will be announced soon.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023”, 25/06/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: X Vs X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: X & X Vs X & X

The original plan was for ShunMao to defend the KO-D Tag Team Titles on this show. However Shunma Katsumata injured his foot during yesterday’s DDT Extreme Title defence and has since been diagnosed with a fractured talus bone. He is going to get surgery for it and agreed to vacate both the KO-D Tag Titles and the Extreme Title. New champions for both titles will be crowned on the Korakuen Hall show instead.

Nick Wayne will be on the show, kicking off his tour of Japan with DDT.

DDT “DDT YOKOHAMA UNLIMITED SPECIAL”, 01/07/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. International Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & Yuni Vs Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada

Wayne’s “phantom match” teaming with Masada to take on Yuki Ueno & Yuni gets to happen after all. It’s still taking place in Yokohama too although it’s in a smaller venue this time.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23”, 08/07/2023
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Sawyer Wreck
2. Princess Of Princess Title: Mizuki (c) Vs Maki Itoh

Miyu Yamashita’s first match back in Tokyo after three and a half months will be against the returning Sawyer Wreck. Yamashita has hit the Skull Kick on tall opponents before so she is confident she can hit Wreck with it too.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023”, 23/07/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Special Tag Match: Chiitan☆ & Pokotan Vs Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs El Desperado
3. DDT Universal Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Matt Cardona (w/ Steph De Lander)
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Chris Brookes

In today’s press conference Brookes said all four people he beat to win the King Of DDT (HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama and Kazusada Higuchi) all mean a lot to him and are also big parts of DDT’s history. The cheers of the fans also pushed him to victory which makes him feel even happier to be with DDT. The last time he wrestled in Sumo Hall was a year ago when he and Masahiro Takanashi won the KO-D Tag Titles. His parents were there to see him wrestle and he remembers telling them the next time he has a match there it will be in the main event with the KO-D Title on the line! He knows how strong Hino is but has become confident he can beat him.

Tetsuya Endo was not pleased to find out the big ex-WWE wrestler coming to challenge him is Matt Cardona. He heard Cardona is being paid 30 million yen for the booking and he thinks that kind of money is better off being spent on someone else. Like himself for example. Cardona is also bringing along Steph De Lander to be in his corner. She’s been described as his Sensational Sherri equivalent (since WWE took away his “Miss Elizabeth“, aka Chelsea Green) and will certainly add an extra threat towards Endo’s DDT Universal Title reign.

DDT is running a competition for fans to come up with a tag team name for Chiitan & Pokotan.

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King Of DDT Final This Sunday, KANON Injured, Haruhi’s Last Match, DDT Visits Ehime Pro

May 19, 2023

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 20/05/2023
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall

1. Mahiro Kiryu Vs Toga
2. Yuki Kamifuku Vs HIMAWARI
3. Hyper Misao Vs Shino Suzuki
4. Ryo Mizunami, Kaya Toribami & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Shoko Nakajima, Suzume, & Haru Kazashiro
5. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara
6. Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto Vs Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo

Rika Tatsumi is unable to wrestle tomorrow due to illness. Miu Watanabe is now teaming with Arisu Endo in the main event. Ryo Mizunami is being called in to take Endo’s spot in Match #4.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2023 FINAL!!”, 21/05/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Akito, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya
0. Dark Match: Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Soma Takao, Yuni & Yuki Ishida
1. King Of DDT 2023 – Semi Final: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Yuki Ueno
2. King Of DDT 2023 – Semi Final: Jun Akiyama Vs Chris Brookes
3. BURNING Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki Vs Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul
4. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Naruki Doi Vs MAO, Toy Kojima, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada
5. DDT Extreme Title – Piercing Death Match: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Hideki Okatani
6. King Of DDT 2023 – Final: X Vs X

It was reported today that KANON injured his left shoulder while training and he was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder. He is out of action for the time being. The BURNING versus DAMNATION T.A match is now changed from a 6-Man Tag to a regular Tag Match. Yusuke Okada gets bumped down to one of the dark matches to accomodate for this.

The mystery ex-WWE wrestler coming to DDT soon will be revealed on this show.

GANBARE☆PRO “YUUSEI KARA NO BUUTAI X 2023”, 03/06/2023
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Ken Ohka Vs Yuki Kanzaki
2. Hikaru Sato Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Mizuki, Tsuyoshi Okada & Tyson Maeguchi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Yumehito Imanari & Munetatsu Nakamura
4. Special Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shota Vs Soma Takao & Takuya Wada
5. Moeka Haruhi’s Last Match Before Her Break: Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Rina Amikura, YuuRI & Riara

As the match title says, this is Moeka Haruhi’s final match before her break. The Ganbare☆Joshi division is all showing up for it as well as Rina Amikura. Don’t know what she’s doing there, she isn’t a part of GanJo…

The Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Takuya Wada rivalry continues. Katsumura is having fun doing the matches but Wada hasn’t liked it when he loses to him.

Twelve years ago Shinichiro Tominaga faced Hikaru Sato during his rookie year in Union Pro. They have not faced each other since then.

DDT “JAPAN PARA-WRESTLING FEDERATION CHARITY SHOW ~ WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN ODAWARA”, 04/06/2023
Kanagawa Odawara Arena Sub Arena

1. The 37KAMIINA Vs Pheromones!: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno
2. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Akito
3. Odawara Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi

Yoshiaki Yatsu comes back to DDT to team up with BURNING’s top two in command.

Depending on the result, if ShunMao aren’t careful against Pheromones they may end up having to give them a rematch for the KO-D Tag Team Titles somewhere down the line.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN OSAKA”, 10/06/2023
Osaka Suminoe Maikon Hall

1. Special Tag Match: Toru Owashi & “brother” YASSHI Vs Naruki Doi & Kazuki Hirata
2. Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi
3. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yuya Koroku

Young confidence is on show here with Yuya Koroku challenging Yukio Sakaguchi to a singles match!

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN MATSUYAMA”, 11/06/2023
Ehime Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall

1. Special Tag Match: Akito & Char Vs Yusuke Okada & Tsuruhimeka
2. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku
3. Matsuyama Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi (w/ Cutie Elly The Ehime), Imabari Taoru Mascaras & Tsutenkakka Vs HARASHIMA, Saki Akai & Kazuma Sumi

Members of Ehime Pro Wrestling are taking part in DDT’s visit to Matsuyama. Imabari Taoru Mascaras (“The Man Of 1,000 Towels” has a talent where he can tell which towels are made in Imabari), the returning Tsutenkakka and valet Cutie Elly The Ehime are all part of a 6-Man Tag Match with DDT regulars. Also two of Ehime’s joshi wrestlers Char and Tsuruhimeka are part of a mixed tag match.

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Arai Injured, GanPro In May, Suruga Popping Up In DDT, Giant Peter Pan Tag Match

May 17, 2023

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 20/05/2023
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall

1. Mahiro Kiryu Vs Toga
2. Yuki Kamifuku Vs HIMAWARI
3. Hyper Misao Vs Shino Suzuki
4. Shoko Nakajima, Kaya Toribami & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro
5. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara
6. Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

Yesterday Yuki Arai suffered a leg injury during rehearsals for a SKE48 concert and is currently out of action. She will still appear at this weekend’s Tokyo Joshi Pro show but will not be wrestling. Hyper Misao will now bw Shino Suzuki’s opponent and Yoshiko Hasegawa is coming in to take Misao’s spot in Match #4.

GANBARE☆PRO “I WILL BE A BUTTERFLY FOR YOU 2023”, 28/05/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. GanJo Special Tag Match: YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Moeka Haruhi & Riara
2. GanPro Vs Australia: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Hartley Jackson & Mitch Ryder
3. GanPro Vs Sento Minzoku: Ken Ohka & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura
4. Mizuki Watase, Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuki Kanzaki Vs Yumehito Imanari, Tyson Maeguchi & Shinichiro Tominaga

Members of Sento Minzoku will be involved on some of the day’s shows to continue the BASARA unit’s feud with Ganbare☆Pro. On the first show Ken Ohka & Shota will defend their turf against Minoru Fujita & Daiki Shimomura.

Australian wrestler Mitch Ryder is coming over to GanPro to team with his fellow countryman Hartley Jackson.

Moeka Haruhi’s surgery to donate one of her kidneys has been scheduled for late June so she is able to continue wrestling for a few more weeks. That means she gets to show up at GanPro again after already saying goodbye and have a few extra matches there.

GANBARE☆PRO “WRESTLE YUMEHITO FACTORY 2023”, 28/05/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yumehito Poison Rumble: Mizuki Watase Vs Soma Takao Vs Tyson Maeguchi Vs Yuki Kanzaki Vs HARUKAZE Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Riara
2. BEST OF THE SUPER arena Grand Final: Moeka Haruhi Vs YuuRI
3. Shin Rogai-gun Vs Shin Jidai-gun: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shota Vs Ilusion & Munetatsu Nakamura
4. Yumehito Imanari’s GanPro 10th Anniversary Match: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Ken Ohka & Keisuke Ishii

The second show of GanPro’s May tripleshot is all being put together by Yumehito Imanari. The main event celebrates his 10th anniversary with the promotion. He also decided to do a tag team match between the old generation and the new generation. The joshi match will have both Haruhi and YuuRI wrestling in “arena” branded swimsuits. The opening match will be a Rumble where everyone will enter to Imanari’s theme song “POISON ~In This World Where I Can’t Say What I Want To Say~” by Takashi Sorimachi. Every participant will also have to represent Imanari in some way so I think there is going to be several impersonations of his different gimmicks during the match.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆PRO WRESTLING PLAYERS ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE”, 28/05/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mixed Tag Match: Shota & YuuRI Vs Shinichiro Tominaga & HARUKAZE
2. Special Single Match: Choun-Shiryu Vs Moeka Haruhi
3. Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Mizuki Watase, Soma Takao & Yumehito Imanari Vs Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Shuichiro Katsumura
4. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title Next Challenger: Isami Kodaka Vs Munetatsu Nakamura

The other Sento Minzoku appearance of course is the big Isami Kodaka Vs Munetatsu Nakamura match to determine who faces Mizuki Watase at “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA II”.

DDT “DDT YOKOHAMA UNLIMITED VOL. 3”, 03/06/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishida & Rukiya
2. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Yuki Ueno & Soma Takao
3. Special Tag Match ~ Gatoh Move Vs DDT’s Comical Strongest Tag: Masahiro Takanashi & Mei Suruga Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata

A week after Mei Suruga celebrates her 5th anniversary in wrestling she is coming over to DDT to team with Masahiro Takanashi on behalf of Gatoh Move. DDT are pitting the two of them against their strongest tag team when it comes to comedy, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata.

GANBARE☆JOSHI “GANJO MILON’S SECRET CASTLE ’23”, 17/06/2023
Tokyo GEN Sports Palace

1. Miyako Matsumoto & Alex Lee Vs Marika Kobashi & Echika Miyabi
2. Riara Vs Ancham
3. GanJo Vs JUST TAP OUT! Special Tag Match: YuuRI & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Sumika Yanagawa & Misa Kagura

It’s only a little bit relevant here but JUST TAP OUT is going to changed their name in July to celebrate their 4th anniversary, shortening it down to their initials JTO. They’re keeping the logo the same though.

Riara is getting some more valuable in-ring experience, this time getting a match against Ancham.

The women of Ganbare☆Joshi do not want to deal with Miyako Matsumoto and her new partner in crime Alex Lee so a team from P.P.P. Tokyo will face them instead. PPP are fresh off of their first time in Korakuen Hall so Marika Kobashi & Echika Miyabi must both be feeling extra motivated to represent their company.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023”, 23/07/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Special Tag Match: Chiitan☆ & Pokotan Vs Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs El Desperado

The mascots are being given the toughest competition DDT could find… Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine.

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Was Trios Tournament Win A Fluke? Piercing Death Match, Mascots Team Up

May 15, 2023

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 20/05/2023
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall

1. Mahiro Kiryu Vs Toga
2. Yuki Kamifuku Vs HIMAWARI
3. Yuki Arai Vs Shino Suzuki
4. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami Vs Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro
5. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara
6. Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

The main event is a preview of the upcoming Princess Tag Team Titles match with Mizuki against Daydream. She has Moka Miyamoto teaming with her to face the might of Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe.

The winners of the Nivea trios tournament from April are taking on the team that couldn’t compete at the last minute. Nao Kakuta pulled out of the show resulting in her team with Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara getting eliminated by forfeit. Here the three of them have a chance to make up for that let down. Over on the other side it’s up to Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku to prove that their tournament victory was no fluke.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2023 FINAL!!”, 21/05/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Akito & Rukiya
0. Dark Match: Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Soma Takao, Yuni & Yuki Ishida
1. King Of DDT 2023 – Semi Final: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Yuki Ueno
2. King Of DDT 2023 – Semi Final: Jun Akiyama Vs Chris Brookes
3. BURNING Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada Vs Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON
4. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Naruki Doi Vs MAO, Toy Kojima, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada
5. DDT Extreme Title – Piercing Death Match: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Hideki Okatani
6. King Of DDT 2023 – Final: X Vs X

The DDT Extreme Title will be on the line in a Piercing Death Match. Shunma Katsumata noticed that Hideki Okatani has no experience with getting ear piercings so he came up with a match where you can win by piercing your opponent’s ear three times! They can win the death match by the other usual means but everything will be provided so they can achieve the goal of sticking stuff through their opponent’s earlobes.

BASARA “BASARA 219 ~KOO~”, 23/05/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryuichi Sekine, Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano Vs FUMA, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu
2. 3 Way Match: Gouma Ryu Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs Takato Nakano
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Isami Kodaka Vs Shiori Asahi
4. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Daiki Shimomura Vs Daichi Kazato
5. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Leo Isaka
6. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: SAGAT Vs Lil’ Kraken

The Chouten ~Itadaki~ begins with the A Block half of the bracket.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023”, 23/07/2023
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Special Tag Match: Chiitan☆ & Pokotan Vs X & X
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs El Desperado

A bond has formed between Chiitan & Pokotan after their battle over the weekend and now the two agreed to team together.

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Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023

May 15, 2023

The 8th annual Chouten ~Itadaki~ tournament is going to be the main focus for BASARA during the summer. This year uses the familiar format of a 16-man single eliminaion bracket. Every match will have a 30 minute time limit except for the final, which has no time limit. A draw of any kind will eliminate both wrestlers from the tournament. An odd bit of scheduling this year is half of the 2nd Round will take place on the same day the 2nd Half of Round 1 is completed. The complete 2nd Round schedule has not been finalized yet for this reason. It will have to be sorted out depending on which wrestlers are available to wrestle on 3rd June and which are available for 17th June. This year’s contestants are:

Isami Kodaka (8th Appearance, 2019 Winner)
Takumi Tsukamoto (8th Appearance)
FUMA (8th Appearance)
Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi (7th Appearance, 2016 Winner)
Daichi Kazato (7th Appearance)
SAGAT (8th Appearance)
Ryota Nakatsu (8th Appearance, 2018 & 2020 Winner)
Daiki Shimomura (5th Appearance)
Takato Nakano (6th Appearance)
Lil’ Kraken (2nd Appearance)
Minoru Fujita (4th Appearance, 2021 Winner)
Yasu Urano (5th Appearance)
Fuminori Abe (6th Appearance, 2022 Winner)
Shiori Asahi (1st Appearance)
Tatsuhiko Yoshino (1st Appearance)
Leo Isaka (1st Appearance)

BASARA “BASARA 219 ~KOO~”, 23/05/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Isami Kodaka Vs Shiori Asahi
2. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Daiki Shimomura Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Leo Isaka
4. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 A Block: SAGAT Vs Lil’ Kraken

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BASARA “BASARA 220 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 25~”, 03/06/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Yasu Urano
2. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: FUMA Vs Fuminori Abe
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino
4. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 1 B Block: Takato Nakano Vs Minoru Fujita

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BASARA “BASARA 221 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 26~”, 03/06/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 2: X Vs X
2. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 2: X Vs X

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BASARA “BASARA 222 ~OENSOGURA~”, 17/06/2023
Miyagino Cultural Center

1. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 2: X Vs X
2. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Round 2: X Vs X

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BASARA “BASARA 223 ~KOO~”, 27/06/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – A Block Final: X Vs X
2. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – B Block Final: X Vs X
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2023 – Final: X Vs X

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Interim IRON FIST Titles, Kamifuku Defends Home From Kong, X Is…Not Shiori Asahi?

May 11, 2023

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAM TAKASHIMAYA VOL. 1”, 13/05/2023
Tokyo Shinjuku Takashimaya 1st Floor JR Exit Special Venue

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai & Yuki Ishida
2. Special Tag Match: Chiitan☆ & Akito Vs Pokotan Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Tetsuya Endo, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima

A press conference to promote the King Of DDT finals will take place during the event. All four semi-finalists will be in attendance.

BASARA “BASARA 218 ~TAKAGARI 17~”, 13/05/2023
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. SAGAT & Lil’ Kraken Vs Yasu Urano & Fuminori Abe
2. Isami Kodaka, Takato Nakano & Kaz Hayashi Vs KUBITO, Daichi Kazato & Tsutomu Oosugi
3. FUMA Vs Ryota Nakatsu
4. Interim IRON FIST TAG Titles: Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Antonio Honda
5. Union MAX Title: Banana Senga (c) Vs Takumi Tsukamoto

The IRON FIST TAG Titles are becoming an interim championship while Masato Kamino is out with a knee injury. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Antonio Honda are still in the title match but now their opponents will be Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita from Sento Minzoku. Whenever Kamino is able to come back, Aijin Tag will enter a unification match with the interim champions.

Kaz Hayashi from GLEAT enters BASARA for the first time.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR IN SPRING ’23”, 27/05/2023
Kanagawa Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center

1. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Aja Kong & Mahiro Kiryu

Kanagawa is home to Yuki Kamifuku so she is getting a big main event match for the show. She has to face Aja Kong in a tag match! If that turned out to be Mahiro Kiryu’s idea then she’ll really have to apologize for that. Shoko Nakajima once teamed with Kong but this time they are opponents.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN HIROSHIMA”, 27/05/2023
Hiroshima JMS Aster Plaza

1. MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima Vs Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON
2. Special Single Match: Kenshin Chikano Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Hiroshima Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Rey Paloma

A little bit of Dove Pro is being added to the mix for DDT’s visit to Hiroshima. Rey Paloma and Kenshin Chikano are part of the show.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 TOUR IN KUMAMOTO”, 28/05/2023
Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall

1. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Toy Kojima
2. Kumamoto Specialty Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Kota Umeda & Takeshi Masada
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & X Vs Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON

A mystery wrestler is teaming with Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Is somebody being added to Ω? Will X turn out to be Shiori Asahi?!?!

The rare annual Kota Umeda appearance is here. He gets to relive the DNA days by fighting Kazusada Higuchi again. Yuki Ishida and Takeshi Masada will need to watch out.

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