DDT “OMORI UTAN FESTA 2014” Results

October 19, 2014

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DDT “OMORI UTAN FESTA 2014”, 19/10/2014
Tokyo JR Omori Station
1,019 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. UTAN FESTA Exhibition Match: Asaki Honda Vs Shibata ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Irie pinned Takanashi with the Flying Sausage (7:50).
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Presents: Miyu Yamashita, KANNA & Erin defeated Nonoko, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki when Yamashita pinned Sakazaki with the Crash Rabbit Heat (12:09).
3. Next Omori Title Challenger Battle Royal: Makoto Oishi defeated Soma Takao by Ring Out (7:32).
Order Of Elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI, KUDO, Tomomitsu Matsnaga, Michael Nakazawa and Soma Takao.
4. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Chikara & Yumehito Imanari when Sasaki pinned Imanari with the Now Or Never (11:23).
5. Omori World Title: Gurukun Mask defeated Danshoku Dino (c) with the Gurukun Driver (9:15)
*Danshoku Dino fails in V6. Gurukun becoms the 5th Omori World Champion!
6. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito when Honda submitted Akito with the Ocotopus Hold (20:51).

Antonio Honda got the better of Akito in the main event match between Happy Motel and Smile Squash. Honda submitted the DDT Extreme Champion with the Octopus Stretch. There is no doubt he wants to add that title to go with Happy Motel’s KO-D Tag Team Titles.

Danshoku Dino’s five year run as Omori World Champion has finally come to an end. Gurukun Mask won a Battle Royal at last year’s Omori Station event and had to wait a year to get his title shot. Late in the match Gurukun gained posession of Dino’s shorts and put them on to gain the ability to do Danshoku moves. That proved to be the difference maker as he gave Dino the Lip Lock followed by his own version of the Danshoku Driver to become the new champion. Makoto Oishi won a Battle Royal earlier in the show to become the No. 1 Contender. He appeared after the title match and was carried down to ringside by the trainee Kazusada Higuchi to taunt the new champion.

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A wrestler impersonation contest was held during the show. Contestants dressed up and impersonated as their favourite wrestlers. There were impersonations of Riki Choshu, Ricky Fuji, a female Atsushi Onita, Gedo, Shinsuke Nakamura, Mitsuharu Misawa and a five year old boy as Danshoku Dino. Tomomitsu Matsunaga was the judge and he chose Nakamura as the winner with Gedo and 5 year old Dino as the runners up.

Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie had female comedian Magical☆Ayaka in their corner for the opener.


DDT “DRAMATIC FANCLUB Vol. 1” Results

October 18, 2014

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DDT “DRAMATIC FANCLUB Vol. 1”, 18/10/2014
Tokyo Asakusa Hanayashiki
250 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Exhibiton Match: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Koju Iwasaki ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
0. Exhibiton Match: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Kota Umeda with a Boston Crab (3:47).
1. MIKAMI defeated Makoto Oishi with the 450 Splash (5:50).
2. 3 Way Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Michael Nakazawa and Gota Ihashi when Matsunaga pinned both Nakazawa and Ihashi (8:08).
3. Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda defeated Soma Takao & Shunma Katsumata when Honda pinned Katsumata with the Diving Fist Drop (14:04).
4. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata when Ibushi pinned Hirata with the Sit Down Last Ride (10:08).
5. Keisuke Ishii & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Tetsuya Endo ended in a Time Limit Draw (20:00).
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi with the Somato (16:51).

DDT has begun holding exclusive wrestling events for their fan club. Tickets were only available to members but there was no matches announced in advance. Nobody knew what they were going to get until the show took place.

The main event was the latest six-man tag match between Smile Squash and Shuten-dōji but the semi-main event was unexpected. Two teams were mixed together as Keisuke Ishii & Konosuke Takeshita fought Shigehiro Irie & Tetusya Endo to a 20 minute draw. There was no bad blood between any of the wrestlers fighting their partners. After the match Ishii declared a challenge to the KO-D Tag Team Champions.

The Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata match wound up going outside of the venue and into the streets. Ibushi and Takagi were the ones fighting outdoors and Ibushi was able to Moonsault off of a small panda car. Hirata was still inside the building dancing while all this was going on. Ibushi returned to the ring a stopped the dancing with a Missile Dropkick. He then hit the Sit Down Last Ride for the win.

Danshoku Dino, Antonio Honda, Soma Takao and Shunma Katsumata all wound up wrestling bare-assed during their match due to Danshoku shenanigans.

All three former members of Pigging faced each other in a 3 Way Match. Tomomitsu Matsunaga proposed that the loser of the match would suffer a punishment. That punishment was the loser would have to pray at a nearby temple while still wearing his wrestling gear. Michael Nakazawa and Gota Ihashi both agreed to the stipulation and teamed up to try and beat Matsunaga. However, Matsunaga kept rolling out of the ring whenever he was in danger. His opponents eventually got literally tired of dragging him back into the ring so they fought each other. Nakazawa hit Ihashi with the Ultimate Venom Arm and collapsed on top of him. Matsunaga then jumped on top of the both of them for a double pin and won the match. Nakazawa and Ihashi went to pray at the temple in their gear after the show.

Two exhibition matches were held featuring some of DDT’s recently revealed trainees.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 7” Results

October 17, 2014

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 7”, 17/10/2014
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum
75 Fans

1. URRC Special Tag Match: Hamuko Hoshi & Kurumi defeated Aoi Ishibashi & Manami Koda when Kurumi pinned Koda with a Diving Body Press (8:20).
2. Special Recruit Match: Yuji Kito defeated Tiger Bed Scene with the BALS (11:40).
3. Mr. Showtime Is Back!! Shota Ganbare☆Wrestling Comeback: Shota Vs Madoka ended in a Double Pin Draw (8:54).
4. No DQ Match: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari defeated Mitomi Masayuki & Tomoya Kawamura when Imanari pinned Kawamura with the Headlock Driver (13:23).
5. This Is Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling: Osamu Namiguchi defeated Ken Ohka with the Lanakila-X (11:56).

Even though they teamed together to face common enemies, Ken Ohka and Osamu Namiguchi became enemies once more. Namiguchi blocked the Spear Of Fire and won with the Lanakila-X. After the match Namiguchi called Ohka a dickward but promised they would have another match again in the future. Their moment was interrupted when Mitomi Masayuki ran into the ring with a chair and attacked both men. The returning Shota came to the rescue but the used the chair on Ohka! When Shota left, Ohka was reduced to tears by the betrayal until Namiguchi slapped some sense into him.

A No DQ match was a necessary stipulation for Power Of Dreams Vs Union Sekigun. The two teams fought to a no contest a month ago and had to be pulled apart. Chairs and chains caused blood to be spilled. Chikara was very effective with his chopping attacks, even using the move to smack the chair into his opponents while they held it. Yumehito Imanari could not contain his joy after he pinned Tomoya Kawamura with the Headlock Driver. He told the Union wrestlers that Ganpuro is a magnetic field that keeps drawing them in and he will be in the ring waiting for them.

The injured Hong Kong International Police Man appeared to explain why he was unable to wrestle today. He came to Japan wanting to show off the Hong Kong police force but he injured himself while chasing a criminal. When he caught up to the criminal he tried to Brainbuster him but it was reversed, causing the injury. He apologised but his hat and sunglasses suddenly fell off as he bowed. Police Man was revealed to be Atsushi Maruyama, master of disguise! Maruyama apologised like he always does and said he will never return, like he always does.

A blunder from Shota ruined his comeback match. He had Madoka pinned with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch but his shoulders were also touching the canvas. The ref counted the pin for both wrestlers and as a result it was a draw.

Yumehito Imanari was excited to introduce the Ultimate Reverse RIZAP Championship, an idol project for chubby joshi wrestlers. He came up with the idea two months ago because he thinks advertisements for diets like RIZAP which show skinny women are all a “cock and ball story” and he wants to support women to be who they want to be. He was impressed with the tag team match involving the four participants, now it was time to find an ace for the project. Aoi Ishibashi and Kurumi both rejected his request. Ishibashi thought it was tasteless and Kurumi said she is just going through a growth phase. Hamuko Hoshi accepted because she wanted to be a proud role model for her child. But Imanari turned her down because he didn’t know she was married and he doesn’t want married women to be involved. All that was left was the woman who lost the match, Manami Koda. Imanari told her she had potential and would get another opportunity at the next event, this time against a male wrestler.

Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Tiger Bed Scene was announced for 16th November.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “OYAKETSU FESTA 2014” Results

October 15, 2014

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “OYAKETSU FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Keisei Main Line Station Rotary Kozunomori

1. KANNA defeated Shoko Nakajima with the Ohka.
2. Miyu Yamashita & Erin defeated Nonoko & Yuka Sakazaki when Yamashita pined Sakazaki with the Crash Rabbit Heat.

The matches took place on a mat outdoors during the Oyaketsu Festival. Since many of the people watching were not wrestling fans, Shoko Nakajima and Yuka Sakazaki explained the rules of pro wrestling before the matches began and also encouraged the audience to cheer for the girls involved.

Much like when DDT holds matches outdoors, the main event saw everyone bring the fight away from the designated area. Nonoko and Sakazaki even brought back some frankfurters to eat while they fought Miyu Yamashita & Erin. At one point a little boy got involved in the match by trying to attack Sakazaki! Yamshita pinned Sakazaki to win the match for her team. Afterwards the little boy jumped on Sakazaki to pin her and the rest of the girls counted to three. Afterwards they joked that when the boy grows up he will be known as “the man who pinned Yuka Sakazaki”.


HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE” Results

October 13, 2014

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 1”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
314 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Keitaro Kawamura (3) Vs Akihiro Yamamoto (3) ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
2. Masaki Miyabo (3) defeated Takashimi Ono (2) by Points Decision (5:00).
3. Masaki Nishi (3) defeated Akira Yamamoto (2) by Points Decision (5:00).
4. Red Dragon defeated Toshiaki Kindaichi with a Modified Leg Splitter (3:19).
5. Grappling Rules: Kazuyasu Takahashi defeated Yoshito Takeuchi with a Grounded Cobra Stretch (1:01).
6. Masahiro Nina (3) defeated Satoshi Wakahara (2) by Points Decision (5:00).
7. Hokuto Omori (3) Vs Gen Sasaki (3) ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
8. Liger Kanzaki (3) Vs Tetsuo Onuma (3) ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 2”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
314 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hiroshi Kozakai (1D/0E/0P) defeated Shibata (1D/2E/0P) by TKO (3:49).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi (0D/0E/0P) defeated Hayato Mashita (2D/0E/0P) by KO with a High Kick (2:26).
3. Tomoya Miyashita Memorial Tag Match: Manabu Hara & Yukio Kubota (0D/3E/0P) defeated Mitsuhisa Sunabe & Shuichiro Katsumura (2D/0E/0P) when Hara submitted Katsumura with a Chickenwing (7:18).
4. Ryo Kawamura (1D/0E/0P) Vs Super Tiger (1D/0E/0P) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
5. HARASHIMA (1D/1E/0P) defeated Hikaru Sato (0D/1E/0P) with a Cross Armlock (7:56).
6. Kenichi Yamamoto 20th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Kenichi Yamamoto (1D/3E/0P) defeated Ryuki Ueyama (1D/1E/0P) with an Achilles Tendon Lock (11:53).

During his retirement speech Kenichi Yamamoto said he moved to Hokkaido three years ago. He called Hokkaido the sacred home of UWF. He thinks now is the time to pass the baton to the new era of fighters.

Hikaru Sato says he wants to have a big match for Hard Hit’s next show in December.


DDT, BJW, K-DOJO “SAPPORO BEER GARDEN WRESTLING 2014” Results

October 12, 2014

DDT, BJW, K-DOJO “SAPPORO BEER GARDEN WRESTLING 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
279 Fans

1. Beer Garden Specialty Opening Match: Kazuki Hashimoto & Soma Takao defeated Tiran Shisa & Kota Sekifuda when Takao submitted Sekifuda with a Boston Crab (9:30).
2. Beer Garden Specialty Drinking Match: Jaki Numazawa & Saburo Inematsu defeated Masa Takanashi & Takayuki Ueki when Numazawa pinned Ueki with help from Nikkan Lee (12:06).
3. Beer Garden Specialty Blindfold Match: Yuji Hino defeated Antonio Honda and Abdullah Kobayashi when Hino pinned Honda with the FUCKIN’ BOMB (15:21).
4. Beer Garden Specialty Revival! MEN’S CLUB Presents: MEN’S Teioh & Makoto Oishi defeated Shiori Asahi & Hiro Tonai when Oishi pinned Asahi with a 3 Count Kiss (16:56). (Special Referee: Danshoku Dino)
5. Beer Garden Specialty Now Leaders Vs New Leaders: Ryuji Ito, HARASHIMA & Kengo Mashimo defeated Ryuichi Kawakami, Akito & Ryuichi Sekine when Ito pinned Sekine with the Dragon Splash (16:22).

Report to come soon.


DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014” Results

October 12, 2014

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DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
463 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MIKAMI defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Sliding School Boy (7:08).
2. Tokyo From GO! – 4 Way Match: Antonio Honda defeated Danshoku Dino, Yukio Sakaguchi and Kazuki Hirata when Honda pinned Hirata with a Japanese Leg Lock Clutch (8:32).
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tomoya & Makoto Oishi when Irie pinned Oishi with the Beast Bomber (11:02).
4. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & DJ Nira defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Michael Nakazawa when Ibushi pinned Nakazawa with a Swan Dive German Suplex (15:59).
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) defeated Soma Takao with the Kinniku Bomber (16:36).
*V1 for Akito.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) defeated KUDO & Masa Takanashi when Takeshita pinned Takanashi with the German Suplex (23:17).
*V1 for Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo.

With a successful first defence, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo are now confident they can live up to their promise to Kenny Omega that they are the future of DDT. They also lived up to their promise of drinking protein shakes to toast their victory.

Akito can finally put his defeat to Soma Takao behind him. He beat Takao in a normal match to keep the DDT Extreme Title around his waist. Antonio Honda challenged Akito to put the title on the line when they face each other on 26th October.


UNION “UNION SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2014” Results

October 11, 2014

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UNION “UNION SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2014”, 11/10/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
189 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Mitomi Masayuki defeated Tomoya Kawamura with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (9:28).
2. Shuji Ishikawa, SAGAT & Ryu Gouma defeated Mio Shirai, Cherry & Ladybeard when Ishikawa pinned Cherry with the Splash Mountain (11:08).
3. Shibata defeated Seiya Morohashi with a Lariat (5:38).
4. Isami Kodaka & FUMA defeated Daichi Kazato & Madoka when Kodaka pinned Kazato with the Zan Isamu Leg (12:43).
5. Hiroshi Fukuda Send Off Battle Royal: MEN’S Teioh defeated SAGAT with the Perfect Plex (21:17).
Order of Elimination: Nazo Fukumen J, Mitomi Masayuki, Ladybeard, Mame Endo, Tomoya Kawamura & Daichi Kazato, Goro Jr., Ryuma Go, Shuji Ishikawa, Cherry, FUMA, A.YAZAWA, Mio Shirai, Hosomino Shyboy, Isami Kodaka and SAGAT.

Today’s Union show featured the final appearance of Hiroshi Fukuda before he transfers over to All Japan. Unfortunately Fukuda suffered a dislocated shoulder blade during the week and was unable to wrestle. He told the fans that the injury is healing slowly and he will not rush back to the ring before he is ready.

Fukuda hosted the main event Royal Rumble that was created to crown the new Mr. Perfect. The match saw the return of a Nazo Fukumen, the mysterious masked man gimmick Fukuda was involved with last year when he was banished from Union. This one was unmasked by SAGAT and revealed to be Jun Kasai! The rest of the field was filled with Union wrestlers and unexpected participants such as A.YAZAWA, Mame Endo and musician Hosomino Shyboy. MEN’S Teioh was the last man standing, lastly pinning SAGAT with the Perfect Plex. Fukuda presented Teioh with a crown, cloak and tambourine to officially recognise him as the 2nd generation Mr. Perfect!

Daichi Kazato refused to shake hands with Isami Kodaka after the semi-main event. Shibata recorded the match with his GoPro and said he will send it to Hikaru Sato so they can prepare for the UWA World Tag Team Title match on 3rd November.

The inter-gender trios match became more heated when Ryu Gouma blamed Union’s joshi division for impacting the company’s profits. Cherry argued that couldn’t be true. She also said she was the only person in the match who finished in the Dramatic General Election Top 20. Gouma said he was using this match to assess each woman’s worth and would restructure Union’s finances based on that information. He even suggested getting rid of the women’s division entirely. Mio Shirai wondered if Gouma was paranoid because he isn’t in a relationship. Gouma snapped and attacked Shirai to start the match. Shuji Ishikawa almost destroyed Cherry when he attempted to give her the Splash Mountain outside the ring but Shirai came to the rescue. Cherry later hit the Cherryton Bomb and Spring Night Love for a nearfall but Ishikawa hit back with the Fire Thunder Driver. He then hit the Splash Mountain inside the ring for the victory.


DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~” Results

October 5, 2014

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DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~”, 05/10/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall
336 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Goodbye Pigging: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi when Takeshita pinned Nakazawa with a German Suplex (11:40).
2. 3 Way Match: Shigehiro Irie defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira when Irie submitted Nira with a Chinlock (0:07).
2a. 3 Way Rematch: Shigehiro Irie defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira when Irie submitted Nira with an Osaekomi (0:03).
2b. Another 3 Way Rematch: Shigehiro Irie defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira when Irie submitted Nira with a Hadakajime (5:04).
3. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao defeated Akito & MIKAMI when Takao pinned Akito with the Gin And Tonic (11:24).
4. Next KO-D Tag Team Title Challengers Match: KUDO & Masa Takanashi defeated Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki when KUDO pinned Sasaki with the Diving Double Knee Drop (14:26).
5. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Hirata pinned Katsumata with the Viagra Driver (5:57).
6. Isami Kodaka & FUMA defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when FUMA pinned Urano with the Sobat Kick (18:57).

The main event of today’s show was a DDT Vs Union crossover battle. HARASHIMA and Isami Kodaka got to test each other out before the big KO-D Openweight Title match at the end of the month. However it was FUMA and Yasu Urano who were involved with the finish. FUMA pinned Urano while Kodaka wiped out HARASHIMA with a Suicide Dive outside the ring. Kodaka complimented FUMA with a “Well done!” after the match. Kodaka then said he and FUMA are a much better team than Smile Squash because they are the UWA World Tag Team Champions. He thanked the fans for the 689 votes he got in the DDT Dramatic General Election that granted him his title shot.

KUDO & Masa Takanashi earned a KO-D Tag Team Title shot when they beat Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki. The title match will be in Sapporo on 12th October. The champions Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo watched the match from a corner of the venue and approached their next challengers. Takeshita said as the future of DDT he and Endo will not lose to Shuten-dōji. Instead they will use Shuten-dōji as a stepping stone. Endo said he will have raise a toast with protein when they win. Takanashi warned that they were making a big mistake. KUDO said he has won the KO-D Openweight and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles as part of Shuten-dōji. He now cherishes the chance to win the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

Kazuki Hirata failed to appear with his teammates for the semi-main event. It was explained that Hirata is suffering from Magnum Syndrome and one of the side effects is being unable to enter ringside without his theme music. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata took advantage and overwhelmed the remaining T2Hide wrestlers until “Tokyo GO!” was finally played. Hirata came to the rescue, fueled by his song. That was the deciding factor and T2Hide came out on top.

Soma Takao gained a lot of momentum for his upcoming DDT Extreme Title match against Akito. Takao pinned the champion in a tag team match and afterwards looked like he was going to steal his belt. Instead Takao placed it on Akito’s defeated body.

Shigehiro Irie did quick work to win the 3 Way Match. Very quick work actually. He submitted DJ Nira with a Chinlock before Yukio Sakaguchi could even enter the ring. Amon Tsurumi said felt the result was not a good way to commemorate Sakaguchi becoming fully affiliated with DDT so he ordered the match to restart. Irie then submitted Nira again even faster than the first time. The match restarted again and both Irie and Nira wrestled away from ringside with Sakaguchi chasing after them. They eventually returned on a pallet truck that was wheeled down to the ring. Nira hit Sakaguchi with the Rocket Punch and taunted him until Irie snuck up and submitted Nira one more time.

For their last match as a unit, Pigging promised to wrestle fair and square in the opening match. They then ambushed Happy Motel before the bell rang. The plan didn’t work and Michael Nakazawa was pinned by Konosuke Takeshita. After the match Gota Ihashi told Amon Tsurumi that they lost because the other team had great luck so Pigging will not disband. Tsurumi was against the idea but asked if Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga really wanted the unit to continue. Matsunaga laughed and said he it was a good unit apart from everybody in it. They all agreed to disband Pigging.

The Smile Squash produced Korakuen Hall show on 12th November will be called “I WANT TO SEE THE SMILES OF EVERYONE”. One of the matches planned is involves Tomomitsu Matsunaga taking up his DDT Sumo King role again.


DDT Dramatic Election 2014 Results

October 1, 2014

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DDT Dramatic Election 2014 Final Standings

1. Kota Ibushi (693 votes)
2. Isami Kodaka (689 votes)
3. HARASHIMA (416 votes)
4. Keisuke Ishii (410 votes)
5. Danshoku Dino (366 votes)
6. Saki Akai (303 votes)
7. Cherry (237 votes)
8. Soma Takao (219 votes)
9. Akito (210 votes)
10. KUDO (209 votes)
11. Kazuki Hirata (207 votes)
– Yasu Urano (207 votes)
13. Antonio Honda (203 votes)
14. Konosuke Takeshita (177 votes)
15. Masa Takanashi (176 votes)
16. Makoto Oishi (174 votes)
17. Yukio Sakaguchi (168 votes)
18. Kenny Omega (158 votes)
– Super Sasadango Machine (158 votes)
20. Tetsuya Endo (150 votes)

21. MIKAMI (144 votes)
22. Daisuke Sasaki (140 votes)
23. Shigehiro Irie (137 votes)
24. Shunma Katsumata (135 votes)

Total Votes Cast: 7,038 votes

The grand prize for Kota Ibushi is 1,000,000 yen and a KO-D Openweight Title shot at Saitama Super Arena on 15th February 2015. The runner up prize for Isami Kodaka is 300,000 yen and a KO-D Title shot on the 26th October Korakuen Hall show. The top 20 wrestlers will make up the main card for that show. The wrestlers ranked from 21st to 24th will participate in the dark match at Korakuen.

Unit Election Final Standings

1. Smile Squash (1,098 votes)
2. Shuten-dōji (1,089 votes)
3. Team Drift (1,086 votes)
4. Golden☆Storm Riders (777 votes)
5. Happy Motel (758 votes)
6. Otoko-Kata-Shinki (602 votes)
7. T2Hide (522 votes)
8. Nira Federation (387 votes)
9. Moratorium’s (252 votes)
10. Goja★Mika (125 votes)
11. Booing (108 votes)

The prize given to Smile Squash for winning the Unit Election is promotional rights to produce a Korakuen Hall show on 12th November.

As punishment for finishing dead last, Booing must now disband.

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The results of this year’s DDT Dramatic General Election was announced to a full Shinjuku FACE crowd of 520 fans. Samurai! TV cameras followed the briefcase as it made its journey towards Shinjuku. Smile Squash won the Unit Election, narrowly beating Shuten-dōji by 9 votes. Team Drift weren’t that far behind either. Nira Federation, the one man unit led by DJ Nira somehow got more votes than Nira did in the singles portion of the election.

Kota Ibushi wins the DDT Election for the second time and he is now guaranteed a KO-D Title shot at Saitama Super Arena next year. Ibushi felt happy that the fans are not sick of seeing him because of his dual contract with DDT and New Japan. When asked what he will do with the cash prize, Ibushi simply said “Yamanote Line Wrestling”. He wants to travel through an entire loop of the Yamanote Line and wrestle somebody at every stop. Sanshiro Takagi said afterwards he’ll talk to Japan Railway about it.

Isami Kodaka finished in 2nd place, losing out to Ibushi by just 4 votes! It was the closest result ever for the contest and a much needed one since most of them have been won by landslides. Despite that, Kodaka still gets a KO-D Title shot later this month and some cash as a reward. HARASHIMA finished 3rd and said he’s looking forward to the Kodaka match. Kodaka said the same but promises he will crush HARASHIMA.

Yukio Sakaguchi now wants to finish his career wrestling for DDT so he will now be affiliated with the company.