Yusuke Okada Signs With DDT, Goddess Of YaroZ Returns, Bakuha Koshien Tag Tournament, 1st Cyberfight DDT Vs NOAH Bouts

March 26, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 27/03/2021
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Sakisama (w/ Mei Saint-Michel) Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hyper Misao Vs Mahiro Kiryu, Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
3. Yuki Kamifuku, Marika Kobashi & Arisu Endo Vs Shoko Nakajima, Nao Kakuta & Haruna Neko
4. Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Hikari Noa & Sena Shiori
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku Vs Maki Itoh, Miyu Yamashita & Raku

It’s a packed weekend. You’ll be sick of watching wrestling long before you get to Tampa.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2021 ~DDT 24TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Chris Brookes & Toui Kojima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuki Iino
2. Soma Takao Vs Hideki Okatani
3. Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi, Akito & Keigo Nakamura
4. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara & Nabe Yakan
5. DDT 24th Anniversary Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. DAMNATION Vs The 37KAMIINA: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

As of today, Yusuke Okada has signed a full time deal with DDT! On the DDT side, they were interested in signing him at some point and the deciding factor was when Okada fought Yuki Ueno for the DDT UNIVERSAL Title on 14th March. Sanshiro Takagi was worried that he might have missed the window to sign Okada because as a freelancer he could have gone somewhere else afterwards. Okada admitted he wasn’t thinking about his status with DDT after that match. His only concern was standing out in the ring. He still wants to broaden his wrestling horizons and DDT is a world he doesn’t know about so he will devote himself to find out. His goal for now is to win the UNIVERSAL Title because he is becoming obsessed with surpassing Ueno. It won’t be easy for him so he will build himself up to it step by step so the DDT fans will recognize him. Takagi said the signing of Okada happening so soon after signing Jun Akiyama is just a coincidence. Takagi wants Okada to wrestle everyone in DDT from all generations. If the timing is right then Takagi believes Okada will be active in DDT for a long time.

The date and location for “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2021” will be announced during the show. All that has been said so far is the event will be held in front of fans and is taking place in a first time big venue for DDT.

BASARA “FUMINORI ABE PRODUCE PERFORMANCE”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Takato Nakano Vs Masato Kamino
2. Daiki Shimomura Vs Minoru Fujita
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs SAGAT
4. Fuminori Abe, Takumi Tsukamoto & X Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
5. Jacket Battle Royal: X Vs X

Isami Kodaka and Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi will be providing commentary for all the matches on the show.

BASARA “BASARA 153 ~THE 10TH FOX PRINCE~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs Daichi Kazato
2. FUMA Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita
4. BASARA Official Rules Jacket Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Fuminori Abe
5. Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino

In the Jacket Match rankings, Fuminori Abe is currently 3rd and Isami Kodaka is placed 4th.

YAROZ “YAROZ PART 9 ~THE SAME DAY AND SAME VENUE DECISIVE BATTLE WITH THE FATEFUL BOYZ! NEVER LOSE TO THOSE WHO ARE POPULAR! RAISE UP THE YAROS! SHOW OFF A MAN’S STORY OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS!~”, 04/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall 1st Floor

The return of YaroZ is bringing in the big guns for their double booked show against BOYZ. “The Goddess Of YaroZ” Tsukasa Wachi will be part of the show as a Round Girl. She has been in two YaroZ events before back in 2017. Matches won’t be announced until the day of the show but the use of a Round Girl suggests a boxing style match will be added.

BASARA “HAMAMATSU SLUDGE BASARA~”, 04/04/2021
Shizuoka Kamikoen General Center

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs SAGAT
2. Ryota Nakatsu & Naoki Tanizaki Vs FUMA & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino Vs Yasu Urano & Michio Kageyama
4. Daichi Kazato Vs Minoru Fujita
5. Takumi Tsukamoto, Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura Vs Fuminori Abe, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga

The full card for BASARA’s first show for April.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING”, 02/05/2021
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market

1. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Bakuha Koshien Spring Tag Tournament – Final – Current Blast Death Match: X & X Vs X & X

A one day tournament is the format for the next Bakuha Koshien show. Four tag teams will be involved and the final is a Current Blast Death Match. Shunma Katsumata & MAO are the first team announced. Atsushi Onita is on the show but no word yet if he is taking part in the tournament.

DDT/NOAH/TOKYO JOSHI PRO/GANBARE☆PRO “CYBERFIGHT FESTIVAL 2021”, 06/06/2021
Saitama Super Arena

1. DDT Vs NOAH Battle: Yuki Iino, Keigo Nakamura & Toui Kojima Vs Junta Miyawaki, Kinya Okada & Yasutaka Yano
2. DDT Vs NOAH Battle: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs X
4. GHC Heavyweight Title: Keiji Muto (c) Vs X
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs X

The first two DDT Vs NOAH matches have been made. The big one is Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno from DDT against NOAH’s Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura. There is a little bit of history to this match. Kiyomiya was part of a NOAH team that defeated a DDT team featuring Takeshita & Ueno in a 6-Man Tag match at “TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 2” back in August 2019. Inamura now wants a piece of them to show how strong his team is. Kiyomiya sees himself in a similar position to Takeshita since both are former heavyweight champions for their promotions and neither will be challenging for a title at the show. Ueno thinks people misunderstand him whenever he says DDT is fun pro wrestling. Fun and strength are two different things but they also go hand and hand together. Ueno wants his team to win to prove DDT is fun, strong and shouldn’t be underestimated. Takeshita also seems to have a chip on his shoulder over any opinion that NOAH is better than DDT.

The other DDT Vs NOAH match is based around the newer wrestlers from both companies. It is confirmed to be the opening match.

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Jackets Are So In Right Now, Brookes Produce Show 3, Pocchari World Order

March 23, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 27/03/2021
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Sakisama (w/ Mei Saint-Michel) Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hyper Misao Vs Mahiro Kiryu, Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
3. Yuki Kamifuku, Marika Kobashi & Arisu Endo Vs Shoko Nakajima, Nao Kakuta & Haruna Neko
4. Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Hikari Noa & Sena Shiori
5. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku Vs Maki Itoh, Miyu Yamashita & Raku

Maki Itoh’s first match back in Japan is this weekend. She also has her Twitter account rescued from the hacker and reactivated. Let’s see just how much stronger her trip to America made her.

BASARA “FUMINORI ABE PRODUCE PERFORMANCE”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Takato Nakano Vs Masato Kamino
2. Daiki Shimomura Vs Minoru Fujita
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs SAGAT
4. Fuminori Abe, Takumi Tsukamoto & X Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
5. Jacket Battle Royal: X Vs X

The entire show has been put together by Fuminori Abe. Some of his ideas is pitting stablemates against each other. The Jacket Battle Royal is only open to regular roster members so whoever X is in Match #4 won’t be involved in the main event.

BASARA “BASARA 153 ~THE 10TH FOX PRINCE~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs Daichi Kazato
2. FUMA Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita
4. Jacket Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Fuminori Abe
5. Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino

Isami Kodaka gets to dip his toe in the Jacket Rules trend that has taken BASARA by storm.

DDT “PEANUTS ARE ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN! 2021”, 03/04/2021
Chiba 2AW Square

1. Playfulness Series Act 2: Danshoku Dieno Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Eruption Vs DAMNATION!: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
3. Junretsu Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata
4. Uchibo, Sotobo, Dai Boso! Chiba Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino Vs HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yuki Iino

If Jun Akiyama makes it out of the 24th Anniversary show then we will see the KO-D Openweight Champion face off against the DDT UNIVERSAL Champion in tag action.

DDT “CHRIS BROOKES PRODUCE SHOW 3 – DANGER & PLEASURE TOUR ’96”, 04/04/2021
Saitama Wrestle Butokan

1. MEN’S Teioh, Hagane Shinno & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki Ueno, MAO & Keigo Nakamura
2. HARASHIMA Vs Baliyan Akki
3. DDT Extreme Title – No DQ Falls Count Anywhere Match: Chris Brookes (c) Vs Mecha Mummy

A statement from Mecha Mummy was sent to the CyberFight offices after Chris Brookes picked the robot to defend the DDT Extreme Title against on his own produce show. The message said “GrRR… i AcCEPt tHE ChaLLEnGE fROm bROOkes. I wILL TAkE thE eXTreME tITle fRoM HIm AnD TUrN hIM iNto mEChA bRoOKeS!” With the challenge accepted, Brookes decided to make the title match Falls Count Anywhere!

Brookes is getting the nostalgia in with a MEN’S Club reunion.

BOYZ “BOYZ BE AMBITIOUS! 2021”, 04/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall 2nd Floor

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs MAO
2. Akito Vs Shota
3. BOYZ Army Vs YaroZ Army Full Scale Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Antonio Honda, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura

The 4th April is going to be a very busy day. BOYZ and YaroZ have competing shows going on at the same time in Itabashi Green Hall. The BOYZ show has a inter-brand main event but will YaroZ do the same? Tokyo Joshi Pro is also doing a female audience only show in the same venue that day. Then away from all that there is the Chris Brookes produce show and a BASARA event too. Busy, busy, busy.

Jun Masaoka will also be on the show.

GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021”, 07/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z Full-Scale Battle: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Miyuki Takase & Ayumi Hayashi
2. THE HALFEE Vs Fujita Wrestling School Full-Scale Battle: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai Vs Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie, Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase
4. Ganpro Vs DDT Full Scale Battle: Keisuke Ishii & Shota Vs Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno
5. The Young General Of Ganpro: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ikuto Hidaka
6. Daihyo Vs Daihyo ~ Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Ken Ohka Vs Takashi Sasaki

STOP THE Hidaka could be finally happening. Kouki Iwasaki failed to beat Ikuto Hidaka last November but he gets a rematch after winning a tag match against him.

The Pocchari World Order has found it’s “Hollywood” figure (Yuna Manase already took “Big Sexy” and Yumehito Imanari is “The Outsider”). Shigehiro Irie has been convinced to join the team and go after the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles!

GANBARE☆PRO “RESERVOIR DOGS 2021”, 01/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
4. Mixed Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X

GANBARE☆PRO “PULP FICTION 2021”, 08/05/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
3. Mixed Tag Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

Ken Ohka & Cherry
Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase
Shinichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi
Keisuke Ishii & HARUKAZE
Shota & Miss Mongol
Shinichiro Tominaga & Asuka
X & X
X & X

Six of the eight teams have been announced for Ganbare☆Pro’s Mixed Tag Tournament. The tournament hasn’t been given an official name yet so it may just be a one time thing.

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Osaka Match Order, Card For The Bullet

March 19, 2021

DDT “WRESTLE SHIOKOBU! 2021”, 20/03/2021
Osaka City Suminoe Maikon Hall

1. Akito & Yukio Naya Vs Yuki Iino Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Keigo Nakamura Trial Single Match: Keigo Nakamura Vs Maku Donaruto
3. Danshoku Dieno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Saki Akai
4. DISASTER BOX Vs DAMNATION!: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Soma Takao
5. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie
6. Maikon no Kohara Presents I Love It! Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Toui Kojima

More Jun Akiyama Vs Kazusada Higuchi preparations, DAMNATION faces action on two fronts and Maku Donaruto returns. All this and more happening in Osaka tomorrow.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’21 ~THE BULLET~”, 21/03/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Mizuki Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. 3 Way Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Suzume
3. Nao Kakuta, Pom Harajuku & Haruna Neko Vs Hikari Noa, Mahiro Kiryu & Sena Shiori
4. Nodoka Tenma, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo Vs Hyper Misao, Marika Kobashi & Raku
5. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Miyu Yamashita & Mirai Maiumi

There are two absences from the show. Yuki Kamifuku won’t be there due to family circumstances. Maki Itoh is back in Japan but currently waiting out her quarantine at home. Also her Twitter account got hacked a few hours ago so she’s in for a shock when she wakes up.

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Higuchi Returns To His Starting Point, Brookes Challenges Mecha Mummy, Itoh Home For Princess Title Match

March 18, 2021

DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2021”, 19/03/2021
Nagoya Naka Sports Center

1. Yusuke Okada Vs Toui Kojima
2. Danshoku Dieno, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito, Saki Akai & Yukio Naya
3. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hideki Okatani
4. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION!: Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Soma Takao, Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie
5. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Antonio Honda & Yuki Iino
6. Nagoya Specialty Doerya 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & HARASHIMA Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Keigo Nakamura

DDT is outside of Tokyo this weekend. They’re in Nagoya tomorrow and Osaka on Saturday.

GANBARE☆PRO “RUMBLEFISH 2021”, 21/03/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. THE HALFEE Vs Team MAKAI: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai Vs Asuka & Hagane Shinno
2. Special 6-Man Tag Just Before Korakuen: Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Shunma Katsumata Vs Takashi Sasaki, Shigehiro Irie & SAGAT
3. Shota’s Independent Journey Vol. 2: Shota Vs Onryo
4. Spring HARU Vs Manase Wasshoi: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Yuna Manase & Ayumi Hayashi
5. STOP THE Hidaka! Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ikuto Hidaka & Yasu Urano

Shinichiro Tominaga is currently diagnosed with shingles and cannot wrestle. Shunma Katsumata takes his place in the 6-Man Tag match.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2021 ~DDT 24TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Chris Brookes & Toui Kojima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuki Iino
2. Soma Takao Vs Hideki Okatani
3. Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi, Akito & Keigo Nakamura
4. DAMNATION Vs The 37KAMIINA: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
5. DDT 24th Anniversary Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara & Nabe Yakan
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

So far in his career, Kazusada Higuchi is 0-4 in KO-D Openweight Title matches. His chase for the title is unique compared to others because he had his very first title shot only 6 months after his debut. He understands the weight that comes with holding the title is and he is also one of the few DDT wrestlers speaking up against Jun Akiyama’s growing influence in the promotion. Higuchi decided to go back to his starting point, which is sumo. That is why he wrestled barefoot in his most recent match against Akiyama that ended in a double countout. Akiyama thinks this is the biggest flaw with DDT’s roster. These wrestlers don’t look outside their own company for ideas whereas he has done a lot of things in different promotions. That is how he was able to walk into DDT and become their coach and then their champion. He gave Higuchi an ultimatum over DDT’s training sessions. If Akiyama wins then Higuchi will have to say yes to every order that is given to him. But if Higuchi wins then Akiyama will not say a word to him from now on.

Team Thoroughbred are confident in their chances of winning the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles. According to Sanshiro Takagi, the opposing team captain Shinya Aoki is scared of facing powerful opponents. When Team Thoroughbred become champions, Takagi wants to expand the group to include second generation stars from other sports and forms of entertainment. His ideal amount is to mentor seven 2nd generation celebrities so they can dominate pro wrestling as the Seven Lights Of Parentage!

Chris Brookes is currently in discussions with DDT over his first DDT Extreme Title defence. He wants to remove all restrictions and have title defences outside of the usual Korakuen Hall shows. The perfect choice for his first defence is at his third self-produced DDT show that is scheduled to take place in April. His preferred opponent? Mecha Mummy!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “STILL INCOMPLETE”, 17/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (c) Vs Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel
2. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Maki Itoh

Fresh off her stay at AEW over in America, Maki Itoh is back in Japan and already wants to show off how strong she has gotten in the biggest way possible. She held a Q&A video online and at the end threw out a challenge to Rika Tatsumi for a Princess Of Princess Title match!

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Team Thoroughbred, The 37KAMIINA, Ganbare☆Joshi Comes Back

March 15, 2021

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2021 ~DDT 24TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Chris Brookes & Toui Kojima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuki Iino
2. Soma Takao Vs Hideki Okatani
3. Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi, Akito & Keigo Nakamura
4. DAMNATION Vs The 37KAMIINA: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
5. DDT 24th Anniversary Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara & Nabe Yakan
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

Sanshiro Takagi has gathered together noble blood of both the pro wrestling and comedy worlds for his bid to win the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles. Each of his three tag partners have wildly successful relatives from one or two generations ago. Yukio Naya comes from a valued family of sumo wrestlers. Chikara is following in the footsteps of his father Mitsuo Momota and his grandfather Rikidozan. Finally, Nabe Yakan’s father is a beloved comedian from the Showa era. Also Yakan earned Takagi’s respect after their soft gun war over the DDT Extreme Title back in January. Takagi has sworn to protect and nurture these people under the banner of Team Thoroughbred. It isn’t skill or talent that gets you success in pro wrestling. It’s nepotism!

DDT is putting together a big match to celebrate its 24th Anniversary. HARASHIMA versus Yukio Sakaguchi is a rematch from their D-Ou Grand Prix bout last December. That match had a lot of mat wrestling and ended with Sakaguchi choking HARASHIMA out.

Daisuke Sasaki’s idea to make Konosuke Takeshita join DAMNATION is approaching a crossroad. Takeshita unexpectedly cooperated with him during yesterday’s 4 Way Tag Match so it looks like Takeshita can leave their past behind and get along with him. However, The 37KAMIINA are now getting going as a full time unit. Why would Takeshita leave the sauna life behind? For now at least they remain opponents on two very different sides.

GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2021”, 07/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ganjo Vs Actwres girl’Z Full-Scale Battle: Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE Vs Miyuki Takase & Ayumi Hayashi
2. THE HALFEE Vs Fujita Wrestling School Full-Scale Battle: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shu Sakurai Vs Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano
3. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs X, X & X
4. Ganpro Vs DDT Full Scale Battle: Keisuke Ishii & Shota Vs Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno
5. Daihyo Vs Daihyo ~ Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Ken Ohka Vs Takashi Sasaki

Shigehiro Irie will be on the show. Don’t know if he is still associated with #STRONGHEARTS after they signed a deal with GLEAT. He’s still with Purple Haze in All Japan but I don’t expect their business will be getting mixed up with Ganbare☆Pro anytime soon.

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2021”, 11/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yuya Koroku Debut Match: Yuya Koroku Vs X
2. Gorgeous Matsuno Pre-60th Birthday Commemorative Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs X
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi

DDT’s newest trainee comes straight from the much respected Animal Hamaguchi Dojo. 23 year old Yuya Koroku is from Noda City, Chiba. He is 170cm tall, weighs 82kg and has sports experience in baseball, amateur wrestling and karate.

GANBARE☆PRO “GANBARE☆JOSHI PRO WRESTLING ~BUTTERFLY DANCE 2021~”, 24/04/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ganjo Jacket Match: Cherry Vs Shuichiro Katsumura

After a long absence, Ganpro is bringing back the Ganbare☆Joshi brand for an entire show dedicated to that division. The last one happened in February 2020. It’s going in some unexpected directions though. Cherry is facing Shuichiro Katsumura in an intergender Jacket Match. The stipulation is going to be an annual event for Ganjo shows. The full rules of that match will be revealed soon.

There will also be an invasion from Gake no Fuchi Joshi because Miyako Matsumoto and Chris Brookes are being booked to appear. Also advertised are Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi, Asuka, HARUKAZE and Drew Parker.

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Moving On From ALL OUT, Takagi’s New Obsession, Bakuha Koshien Spring

March 13, 2021

DDT “DAY DREAM BELIEVER 2021”, 14/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Under Match: Hideki Okatani Vs Toui Kojima
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Top Of The Super Book 2021: Saki Akai Photo Book “Lip Hip Shake” (c), Saki Akai & Antonio Honda Vs The Young Bucks Autobiography “Killing The Business”, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura
2. 4 Way Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita & MAO Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya
3. Junretsu Vs Eruption!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. DDT Extreme Title – Barbed Wire Casket Death Match: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Chris Brookes
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Shota (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao & Yuji Hino
6. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Yusuke Okada

Four title matches to look forward to tomorrow. Not only that but we’ll find out about another title match happening down the line too. Sanshiro Takagi’s new obsession is to win the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles at DDT’s 24th Anniversary show at the end of the month. He will reveal his team during tomorrow’s show.

DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2021”, 19/03/2021
Nagoya Naka Sports Center

1. Danshoku Dieno, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito, Saki Akai & Yukio Naya
2. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Antonio Honda & Yuki Iino
3. Yusuke Okada Vs Toui Kojima
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hideki Okatani
5. DDT Sauna Club Vs DAMNATION!: Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Soma Takao, Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie
6. Nagoya Specialty Doerya 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & HARASHIMA Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Keigo Nakamura

ALL OUT is all gone so it’s time for some members to go their separate ways. Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata are still connected together by the DDT Sauna Club. Also Akito has the Young Communication Generation to keep him company. It’s Yuki Iino who is going out on his own for now. His destination is to beat Yuji Hino but what direction will he take to get there?

DDT “WRESTLE SHIOKOBU! 2021”, 20/03/2021
Osaka City Suminoe Maikon Hall

1. Akito & Yukio Naya Vs Yuki Iino Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Danshoku Dieno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Saki Akai
3. Keigo Nakamura Trial Single Match: Keigo Nakamura Vs Maku Donaruto
4. DISASTER BOX Vs DAMNATION!: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Soma Takao
5. DDT Sauna Club Vs DAMNATION!: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie
6. Maikon no Kohara Presents I Love It! Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Toui Kojima

The main event is sponsored by the Osaka food retailer Maikon no Kohara. The company owns the naming rights for the venue too so that is why it’s called Maikon Hall. The winning team in the main event will receive a prize from the sponsors.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2021 ~DDT 24TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 28/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, X, X & X
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

Takagi’s team gets their title match here. This will be the first defence for the current champions led by Shinya Aoki. They just need to win this one match to tie the championship record for most title defences. Even so, the belts still have more history than the proposed IWGP World Heavyweight Title.

BASARA “HAMAMATSU SLUDGE BASARA~”, 04/04/2021
Shizuoka Kamikoen General Center

1. Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino Vs Yasu Urano & Michio Kageyama
2. Ryota Nakatsu & Naoki Tanizaki Vs FUMA & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi

For the first time since 2016, Michio Kageyama will be on a BASARA show. His only previous appearance was all the way back to BASARA’s Chapter 15 show.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “BAKUHA KOSHIEN 2021 SPRING”, 02/05/2021
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market

Time for Atsushi Onita to remind everybody how it’s done. Bakuha Koshien holds its first show of 2021 and Onita promises to brighten up Japan with exploding barbed wire! Don’t worry, AEW isn’t handling the explosives for this one.

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Ueno And Okada Speak On UNIVERSAL Title, Barbed Wire Casket Match For Extreme Title

March 10, 2021

DDT “DAY DREAM BELIEVER 2021”, 14/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Under Match: Hideki Okatani Vs Toui Kojima
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Top Of The Super Book 2021: Saki Akai Photo Book “Lip Hip Shake” (c), Saki Akai & Antonio Honda Vs The Young Bucks Autobiography “Killing The Business”, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura
2. 4 Way Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita & MAO Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya
3. Junretsu Vs Eruption!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. DDT Extreme Title – Barbed Wire Casket Death Match: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Chris Brookes
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Shota (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao & Yuji Hino
6. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Yusuke Okada

A press conference was held in Shibuya’s Abema Towers today to promote two of the title matches taking place this Sunday. For the DDT UNIVERSAL Title match, Yusuke Okada is going into it thinking it is now or never. He is a freelancer and knows the day may come when DDT won’t book him again. This match is his turning point and he will risk his life to become champion. Yuki Ueno is feeling the pressure to be in the main event of a show containing four title matches. It’s a big main event for both because they both have less than five years of experience in the ring.

The feud between Shunma Katsumata and Chris Brookes has come to this. The grudge between them has gotten so bad they will now have a Barbed Wire Casket Death Match to end it once and for all! The winner of the match is whoever puts their opponent into the barbed wire casket and then closes the lid on top. Most weapons will be allowed, except for those the referee thinks are too dangerous. Brookes has some death match experience from his time wrestling in the UK so he thinks the stipulation works in his favour.

Brookes was present for the announcement and said Katsumata was too scared to show up. If he was Katsumata he wouldn’t run away but accept the embarrassment of losing the DDT Exteme Title in four days time. Brookes has won all of his previous singles matches against Katsumata in DDT. Brookes even won one of those matches on his own event the same day Katsumata became the Extreme Champion. He is motivated to win the Extreme Title because his tag partner Masahiro Takanashi is a former champion. Also this is Katsumata’s first singles title so Brookes would love nothing more than to take that from him. Brookes promises to make Katsumata feel the same way he did when Katsumata got his Twitter account banned.

A big surprise came for Brookes at the end when Super Hardcore Katsumata showed up! He attacked Brookes with party poppers, gave him a Low Blow and set off another party popper inside Brookes’ mouth. Katsumata then posed with the title belt with one foot pressing down on Brookes.

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Video – Konosuke Takeshita Vs Maki Itoh From 2018

March 10, 2021

DDT “SOUKEN HOLDINGS PRESENTS DDT SPECIAL 2018”, 25/11/2018
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,312 Fans – Super No Vacancy

Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – DDT Special Four Great Singles Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) Vs Maki Itoh

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Ultimate Tag League 2021

March 10, 2021

For the first time in 16 years DDT is hosting a tag team round robin tournament. The Ultimate Tag League 2021 will feature five teams competing across five shows in the month of May. The team with the most points at the end will be the winners but if there is a tie a final match will take place between them to break the deadlock. Wins are worth 2 points, draws are worth 1 and losses are worth 0. Each match has a 30 minute time limit. Teams will be announced soon. One of the shows on the schedule will be an empty arena show held on a date to be determined.

DDT “ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2021 IN KORAKUEN HALL!!”, 09/05/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

DDT “ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2021 IN SENDAI!!”, 15/05/2021
Miyagi Sendai PIT

DDT “ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2021 IN KOBE!!”, 23/05/2021
Kobe Art Center

DDT “ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2021 IN ???!!”, ??/05/2021
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DDT “ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2021 THE FINAL!!”, 27/05/2021
Shinjuku FACE

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Itoh Travels To AEW, The ★ Trans-Am, Bakuretsu Braces For NEO Biishiki-gun

March 8, 2021

AEW “REVOLUTION – THE BUY IN”, 07/03/2021
Jacksonville Daily’s Place

Thunder Rosa & Riho Vs Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. & Maki Itoh (w/ Reba)

Maki Itoh is now in America wrestling in AEW! This is the “scheduling conflict” that took Itoh out of yesterday’s Tokyo Joshi Pro PPV. It caught me by surprise. It shouldn’t have because the hints were there all along but it did. The schedule clash, Itoh telling Miyu Yamashita she was going away for a while, her tweets back and forth with Britt Baker and then her Twitter going quiet for pretty much an entire day. I didn’t put two and two together because I thought there was some sort of quarantine she would have had to take which would make the whole scenario impossible. Turns out all you need to enter Florida is a negative Covid-19 test from the last 72 hours and you’re good to go. Even then it would have been difficult to get from Tokyo on Saturday to Florida on Sunday which is why her appearance was kept as a surprise. The slightest delay in travel would have resulted in her missing the show. But hey, she’s in AEW for now and is already making friends… and reuniting with foes from her past like Thunder Rosa and Riho. Good luck, America. She can be a handful.

DDT “DAY DREAM BELIEVER 2021”, 14/03/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Under Match: Hideki Okatani Vs Toui Kojima
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Top Of The Super Book 2021: Saki Akai Photo Book “Lip Hip Shake” (c), Saki Akai & Antonio Honda Vs The Young Bucks Autobiography “Killing The Business”, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura
2. 4 Way Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita & MAO Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya
3. Junretsu Vs Eruption!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. DDT Extreme Title: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Chris Brookes
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Shota (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao & Yuji Hino
6. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Yusuke Okada

The DDT UNIVERSAL Title match main events the show. Yusuke Okada celebrates his 28th birthday today and joked on Twitter he has the face of a 48 year old.

BASARA “BASARA 152 ~GLITTER~”, 23/03/2021
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryota Nakatsu, SAGAT & Akiyori Takizawa Vs Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Yasu Urano
2. Jacket Tag Match: Fuminori Abe & Gouma Vs Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs The ★ Trans-Am
4. IRON FIST Tag Titles: Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura (c) Vs FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
5. Union MAX Title: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Daichi Kazato

It’s a Trans-Am ★ Reunion. The wrestler previously known as Trans-Am ★ Ryuji lost his name in January after he had a “Dragon Contra Dragon” match against Gouma Ryu. That match ended in a draw so both men lost the “Ryu” related part of their names. As a result of this, Trans-Am ★ Ryuji is now simply being called The ★ Trans-Am.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “STILL INCOMPLETE”, 17/04/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (c) Vs Sakisama & Mei Saint-Michel

The winners of the first “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament is NEO Biishiki-gun. The last thing Sakisama wants is more trophies so she is letting Mei Saint-Michel keep both of them in her room. Instead, Sakisama wants to get something better looking like the Princess Tag Team Titles! It is up to The Bakuretsu Sisters to stop them. Neither Nodoka Tenma or Yuki Aino have ever beaten the previous iterations of NEO Biishiki-gun in title matches though. Like for a lot of the roster, Sakisama is a difficult road block to get past.

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