DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HAKATA” Results

July 14, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HAKATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM STREET~”, 14/07/2012
Hakata Star Lanes
287 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Keisuke Ishii defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Single Leg Crab Hold (5:15).
2. Rion Mizuki & Michael Nakazawa defeated Takao Soma & DJ Nira when Mizuki pinned Nira after the Venom Maker from Nakazawa (9:11).
3. HARASHIMA defeated Azul Dragon with the Somato (12:43).
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Yuto Aijima defeated Monster Army A & Monster Army B when Aijima pinned B with a Diving Elbow Drop (11:39).
5. Danshoku Dino defeated Batten Tamagawa with the Goth-Style Danshoku Driver (11:02).
6. Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki when Ibushi pinned Honda with the Sit Down Last Ride (13:24).

The Monster Army looks to have a military theme. Yuji Hino is the Sergeant, Daisuke Sasaki is a 1st Class Soldier and Antonio Honda is the Private.

Masa Takanashi & Yasu Urano both claimed to have injured necks and pulled out of their match against Sanshiro Takagi & Yuto Aijima. Two unknown Monster Army masked men took their place.


DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA” Results

July 8, 2012

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA”, 08/07/2012
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Center
377 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Takao Soma, Shoichi Uchida & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda when Soma submitted Fukuda with the Sorarina (8:43).
2. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final: Kenny Omega defeated HARASHIMA with the One-Winged Angel (15:37).
3. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final: Danshoku Dino defeated KUDO with the Danshoku Drivaaaaahhhhh!!!!! (14:35).
4. Osaka Omoroi Gate Title Decision Match: Hideki Shiota defeated DJ Nira with a Small Package (7:49).
*Title is vacated due to being uninteresting.
5. 4 Vs 4 Elimination Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Tetsuya Endo defeated Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki (10:55).
5a. Antonio Honda eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Diving Fist Drop (5:35).
5b. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Tetsuya Endo with the Cross Facelock (7:00).
5c. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Yasu Urano by Ring Out (8:27).
5d. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Antonio Honda by Ring Out (9:00).
5e. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Daisuke Sasaki with the Kneel Kick (9:15).
5f. Shigehiro Irie eliminated Masa Takanashi with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (10:55).
6. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi defeated Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa when Ibushi pinned Nakazawa with the Sit Down Last Ride (18:03).
7. King Of DDT 2012 – Final: Kenny Omega defeated Danshoku Dino with the One-Winged Angel (20:18).

Kenny Omega is your King Of DDT for 2012! Omega survived two hard fought battles with HARASHIMA and Danshoku Dino to win the tournament and earn the big prize of a spot in the main event of Budokan Hall next month. What is even more exciting is that Omega’s match will be against his B.F.F. Kota Ibushi for the KO-D Title. It will be their first singles match against each other since 2008. The only thing that can ruin this now is DJ Nira cashing in his “Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere” contract and somehow beating Ibushi (or Low-Ki being a prick and injuring Ibushi during their upcoming New Japan match, which is more likely).

During Kenny’s victory speech, he said that even thought not everyboy are fans of him, they are all fans of DDT. There are people in Osaka that are DDT fans. There are people in Japan that are DDT fans. There are even people worldwide that are fans of DDT. Kenny promised that he will bring his best performance for his match against Ibushi and that match will be the best performance of the Golden Lovers.

Ibushi responded by saying he had mixed feelings about now having to face Omega. He is glad that Omega won but there will now be tension building between the two the closer they get to the big show. He has exceptional respect for Kenny’s ability and he nows how dangerous he can be. Ibushi feels the pressure but he is also looking forward to the match and promises it will be great.

The semi-finals began with Omega defeating HARASHIMA. The former KO-D Champion expressed disappointment and frustration that he was now unable to compete in the Budokan Hall main event. He also praised Kenny for his strength. Danshoku Dino beat KUDO in devastating fashion with the brand new Danshoku Drivaaaaahhhhh!!!!!, the top rope Danshoku Driver that spikes the opponent’s head into the top turnbuckle. When KUDO recovered he was also disappointed in losing. However, he had no regrets an was impressed with Dino for twice creating a new move in order to beat him in the last year. He is also looking forward to new challenges including those that involve his KO-D Tag Title run with Makoto Oishi.

The show began with Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki all entering the ring to announce the formation of a new unit. They along with Hoshitango and Yuji Hino were now known as the Monster Army (no, not the one from HUSTLE). To show their unity and sudden rise of power, the Monster Army demanded that the 4 Way Tag Team match be changed into an 8-Man Tag Team Elimination match. Tsurumi Amon was confused by the sudden change of events but reluctantly gave in and made the match. Unfortunately for the Monster Army, theit first match ended in failure thanks to Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie. Although the Army were able to eliminate Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Tetsuya Endo to create a 4-on-2 advantage, Ishii & Irie defeated the entire side one after the other until they were the only ones left standing.

DDT announced the debut of another new rookie wrestler. Konosuke Takeshita is from Osaka, 186cm high and weighs 85kg. He and Ishii had an in-ring demonstration before Amon revealed that his debut match will be at the Budokan against El Generico. When asked to give comment, Takeshita said “I think this company is crazy, as expected.”

DJ Nira and Hideki Shiota fought each other for the brand new Osaka Omoroi Gate Title. The physical belt does not exist yet so Tsurumi Amon had to hold up and invisible belt as part of the usual pre-match championship presentation. The title would be won by the wrestler that was more interesting and entertaining during the match. However, Amon kept yelling at both competitors for being too boring as they fought each other. Shiota eventually won the match but the title wound up being vacated and disposed of because it wasn’t interesting enough.


DDT “SMILING HEADQUARTERS WRESTLING” Results

July 6, 2012

DDT “SMILING HEADQUARTERS WRESTLING”, 05/07/2012
Harajuku Smiling Headquarters
30 Fans

1. Antonio Honda defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Leg Drop.
2. HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii defeated Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa when HARASHIMA pinned Nakazawa with the Somato.

DDT celebrated the opening of a new maid cafe in Harajuku with a live mini show taking place inside the building. Thrity fans randomly chosen online arrived to see HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii fight Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa on a blue mat. Both teams were accompanied by a maid employed by the cafe to cheer them on. Nakazawa was on exceptional sleazy form. He tried to stuff his tights into HARASHIMA’s face only to have it happen to him instead. HARASHIMA then finished him off with a Falcon Arrow and the Somato.

The show began with Antonio Honda performing his Hulk Hogan Gymanstics routine but it was interrupted by Hiroshi Fukuda, who called it a farce. Honda asked “Whatcha gonna do?” and challenged Fukuda to a match. Fukuda refused but accidentaly rang a bell to officialy begin the match. Fukuda put Honda into a Sleeper Hold and squeezed the life out of him. “Real American” suddenly began playing over the music system and Honda woke himself up by Axe Bombing his own chest to the beat of the music. They then had the typical Hogan ending with Honda doing the Leg Drop for the pin.


WALLABY X DDT Results

July 1, 2012

WALLABY X DDT, 01/07/2012
Saitama Cerberus Dojo

1. JOM Vs Shigehiro Irie ended in a Double Countout (6:00).
2. Hero Amon Vs Takao Soma ended in a No Contest (2:54).
3. Michael Nakazawa defeated Survival Tobita by Disqualification when Tobita used an electric massager on Nakazawa (8:24).
4. Keita Yano, Batten Tamagawa & Naoshi Sano defeated HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi & Gota Ihashi when Sano pinned Takanashi with a Brainbuster (20:45).

The joint show between DDT and WALLABY took place thanks to Keita Yano. He cashed in his “Performance Rights Anytime, Anywhere” to make the show happen. Due to how small the building was, every match on the show took place on a mat with traffic cones acting as corner posts.

The main event saw the WALLABY team defeat the DDT team in an upset when Naoshi Sano pinned Masa Takanashi. Gota Ihashi and Keita Yano kept fighting after the bell but both sides eventually calmed down and shook hands. Then someone from the WALLABY roster ran in dressed as Atsushi Onita and soaked Yano with bottles of water.

Survival Tobita cost himself a victory over Michael Nakazawa when he used an electric massager on Nakazawa’s crotch while applying a Figure Four Leg Lock.

Hero Amon has quit the nWJ. He revealed he originally joined the group to spy on them for the LWO. I don’t know what the L stands for but the WO means “Wallaby Order”. Amon’s match with nWJ member Takao Soma ended in a pull apart when Soma would not stop pummelling the hell out of Amon in the audience.

KUDO was originally supposed to face JOM in the first match but had to pull out of the show due to injury. Shigehiro Irie took his place.


DDT “KING OF DDT TOKYO” Results

June 30, 2012

DDT “KING OF DDT TOKYO”, 30/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
363 Fans – Super No Vacancy

01. King Of DDT – Round 1: Masa Takanashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with a Jackknife Hold Cutback (4:02).
02. King Of DDT – Round 1: Kenny Omega defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Croyt’s Wrath (15:05).
03. King Of DDT – Round 1: Hikaru Sato defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Cross Armbreaker (4:58).
04. King Of DDT – Round 1: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie by KO with the Somato (6:37).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: DJ Nira defeated Choun-Shiryu (c) by Pinfall (6:52 pm).
*DJ Nira becomes the 920th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Choun-Shiryu defeated DJ Nira (c) with a Camel Clutch (6:54 pm).
*Choun-Shiryu becomes the 921st champion.
05. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Choun-Shiryu (c) defeated DJ Nira, Hoshitango, Keita Yano, Tetsuya Endo and Hiroshi Fukuda (11:07).
5a. Hoshitango eliminated Hiroshi Fukuda by Pinfall (6:38).
5b. Hoshitango eliminated Keita Yano with a Stranglehold (9:48).
5c. Hoshitango eliminated Tetsuya Endo with a Stranglehold (10:34).
5d. Hoshitango eliminated DJ Nira with the Buenos Aires At Midnight (11:04).
5e. Choun-Shiryu eliminated Hoshitango with a Beijing Oklahoma Roll (11:07).
*V1 for Choun-Shiryu.
06. King Of DDT – Round 1: Keisuke Ishii defeated Takao Soma with a High Angle Double Arm DDT (6:24).
07. King Of DDT – Round 1: KUDO defeated Antonio Honda with a Back Spin Kick (11:43).
08. King Of DDT – Round 1: Yasu Urano defeated Makoto Oishi with a Tornado Clutch Cutback (1:04).
09. King Of DDT – Round 1: Danshoku Dino defeated Akito with the Analconda Vice (11:38).
10. Sanshiro Takagi & Ryuji Yamakawa defeated Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi when Yamakawa pinned Ihashi with the Reverse Tiger Driver (11:10).
11. King Of DDT – Round 2: Kenny Omega defeated Masa Takanashi with the Croyt’s Wrath (7:02).
12. King Of DDT – Round 2: HARASHIMA defeated Hikaru Sato with the Somato (19:49).
13. King Of DDT – Round 2: KUDO defeated Keisuke Ishii by Referee Stoppage after a barrage of Buzzsaw Kicks (8:21).
14. King Of DDT – Round 2: Danshoku Dino defeated Yasu Urano with the Danshoku Driver (17:53).

The semi-finals in Osaka will be Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA and KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino. Each of the four finalists spoke about their chances. Kenny said that he has been waiting four years to have another match with Kota Ibushi. HARASHIMA spoke about how tenacious DDT has been in order to last fifteen years. KUDO said he wanted to be the one to fight Ibushi in Budokan Hall. Dino got himself and the other three to swear an oath that they will not use any dirty tactics in their matches and they will all create a dramatic dream together.

MMA fighter Yukio Sakaguchi, who has competed in the recent Hard Hit shows, was in attendance. He announced he will take part in the Budokan Hall event and he will also appear at the 22/7 “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012” show in Korakuen Hall.

This year’s Beer Garden series in Shin-Kiba 1st RING will take place from 29th July to 4th August. The schedule of hosts for the week is as follows:

29/7 Union
30/7 nWJ
31/8 Kenny Omega
01/8 Antonio Honda
02/8 Homoiro Clover Z
03/8 HARASHIMA
04/8 DDT


DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012” Results

June 24, 2012

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,517 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano defeated Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo when Hoda pinned Tetsuya Endo with the Diving Fist Drop (10:54).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) defeated Danshoku Dino, DJ Nira, Gorgeous Matsuno, Hoshitango, Akito, Gota Ihashi, Hiroshi Fukuda, Choun-Shiryu and Tanomusaku Toba (10:00).
2a. Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) with a Belly-To-Back Suplex (2:33).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 916th champion.
2b. Tanomusaku Toba defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) with a Buzzsaw Kick (4:56).
*Tanomusaku Toba becomes the 917th champion.
2c. Tsukasa Fujimoto defeated Tanomusaku Toba (c) with a School Boy (5:16).
*Tsukasa Fujimoto becomes the 918th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Choun-Shiryu defeated Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) by Pinfall (12:35 pm).
*Choun-Shiryu becomes the 919th champion.
3. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Somato (8:44).
4. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (w/ Katsuji Nagashima) defeated Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Takagi pinned Nakazawa with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (8:34).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) defeated Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki when KUDO pinned Takanashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (13:16).
*V1 for KUDO & Makoto Oishi.
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi defeated Yuji Hino (c) with the Phoenix Plex (21:12).
*Yuji Hino fails in V2. Kota Ibushi becomes the 42nd KO-D Openweight Champion!

The Golden Star has completed his climb back to the top of DDT! After a 20 minute battle with the K-DOJO powerhouse Yuji Hino, the KO-D Openweight Title is now around the waist of Kota Ibushi for the second time in his career. Ibushi dug deep and defeated Hino with the Phoenix Plex, a move Ibushi had only previously used once before against HARASHIMA at Sumo Hall back in 2009. Now he waits for the KING OF DDT 2012 winner to meet him in Budokan Hall.

Or maybe not. Someone had to come in and spoil the party and that someone was DJ Nira. As Ibushi was celebrating with his title belt, DJ Nira stepped into the ring and told Ibushi that he is not the only person who is eligible to compete in the main event of Budokan Hall. Nira showed his “Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere” contract to Ibushi, shook his hand and then left the ring. Will Nira really cash it in at Budokan Hall?

This defeat continues the recent bad period Yuji Hino has had with championship matches. Not only has Hino lost the KO-D Title and the KO-D Tag Team Title, he also lost the STRONGEST-K Tag Team Title earlier this month in K-DOJO. Just goes to show how fickle a pro wrestler’s fate can be.

The nWJ shocked everyone when the fourth man turned out to be Yoshiaki Fujiwara! Tsurumi Amon could only watch on helplessly while his team were getting destroyed by Sanshiro Takagi and his group. After the mtch, Amon considered quitting his role as DDT General Manager. However, Katsuji Nagashima stepped in and encouraged Amon to stay in the job. With the war against Tsurumi Amon seemingly won, Takagi now gets to focus on his upcoming match against Minoru Suzuki in Budokan Hall. Takagi asked Fujiwara to coach him for the time being and Fujiwara accepted the offer.

Takagi was then joined in the ring by Masayuki Sato, the editor in chief of Weekly Pro-Wrestling to announce a special issue of the magazine will be released during the run up to the big show to celebrate DDT’s achievements.

A special opening video will be created for DDT’s 15th Anniversary show. DDT will be teaming up with manga artist Yoichi Takahashi, the creator of the famous football series Captain Tsubasa to make an animated video to open up the big event. If my translation is correct, the video will be about the DDT roster playing a game of football that leads them over to Budokan Hall. So imagine those Nike and Addidas advertisements but with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo replaced with Danshoku Dino and Michael Nakazawa.

Tensions are mounting between HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie. Even though HARASHIMA won the latest match between the two, they continued fighting after the bell. Fans won’t have to wait long for their next encounter as you will see below.

The joshi tour is over for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. Now it is going over to China. Tsukasa Fujimoto was able to make it to today’s show despite losing the belt yesterday to Tsukushi in Ice Ribbon, who then lost it to a ring mat. The title then went back to Fujimoto and after a few more title changes she survived the Battle Royal as champion. At least until Choun-Shiryu snuck up on her, pinned her and then ran off with the belt.

That wasn’t the only story coming out of the Iron Man Title match. Before it began, video footage was shown of Danshoku Dino entering a bar owned by former DDT and Toryumon wrestler Toru Owashi. Dino met with Owashi and pleaded him to return to DDT. Owashi refused and kicked Dino out. The Battle Royal would then be interrupted by further video footage of Owashi looking depressed over his decision. Owashi’s mother slapped some sense into him and off he went to Korakuen Hall. When Owashi finally arrived, everyone in the ring gave him a Rocket Punch. Owashi then announced he will return to the DDT ring at Budokan Hall.

MIKAMI will return to action at DDT’s next Korakuen Hall show on 22nd July. DDT is also hoping to bring in Tatsumi Fujinami.

The lottery to determine the first round for KING OF DDT 2012 was held at the end of the show. The matches are as follows:

Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Masa Takanashi
Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki
Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Sato
Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA
Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
KUDO Vs Antonio Honda
Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi
Akito Vs Danshoku Dino

No unexpected match-ups there. Each of the pairings are very familiar with each other by now. Akito was quick to leave a message on Twitter saying as much as he admires Dino, his goal is to win the tournament not just as a DDT wrestler but as a Sportiva Entertainment wrestler too.


UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN” Results

June 17, 2012

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall
343 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Shota defeated 14K with a Frog Splash (5:57).
1. Big Rude defeated Taichi Kazato with a Back Drop (7:25).
2. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto) defeated Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai when Shiryu pinned Ohka (8:03).
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Keizo Matsuda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama) when Matsuda submitted Fukuda with a Bear Hug (9:43).
4. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Kagetsu defeated NOZOMI with a Boston Crab (5:57).
5. Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki defeated El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. and Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma when Tsumaki pinned El Hijo del Goro with a German Suplex (10:46).
6. Yuko Miyamoto defeated Cherry with the Fire Thunder (10:24).
7. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) defeated Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito when Ishikawa pinned Ito with the Cross-Arm Splash Mountain (19:03).
*V1 for BIG “G” BANG.

BIG “G” BANG defeated two of the mainstays of Big Japan to achieve V1 for the BJW Tag Team Championship. Even without the death match setting, Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito were a dangerous duo to be reckoned with. Yukinori Matsui was taken out of action during the match, allowing the Big Japan team to bring is chairs and use them without any consequences. However, the champions retained when Shuji Ishikawa rolled away from Kobayashi’s Bakachinga Elbow. Ishikawa gave him the Splash Mountain but Kobayashi kicked out at two. Ishikawa then gave him the Cross-Arm Splash Mountain and that was enough to win the match.

After the match, Ishikawa told the fans that he wants to bring the DDT Extreme Title back to Union. Yuko Miyamoto, fresh off of his victory over Cherry earlier in the show, accepted the challenge and set the match for Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 18th July.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held an offer match with NOZOMI making her re-debut for her first bout in around 2 or 3 years. She was pitted against former JWP Junior Champion Kagetsu and had a chance to shake off her ring rust and learn the basics once again. NOZOMI lost to the classic rookie killer move, the Boston Crab. Afterwards she gave a bow to all four sides of the arena.

Before Match #2 began, Mio Shirai and Princess Makoto got into another argument over who is more sexy. They asked the other wrestlers plus Yukinori Matsui to judge who had the better looking chest. Makoto won the vote. In the match itself, Makoto used her charms to distract Ken Ohka and allow Shiryu to roll him over for the pin.


DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI” Results

June 16, 2012

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium
203 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo when Ishii pinned Endo with a Fisherman Buster (9:32).
2. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Mitsuhiro Yoshida with an Avalanche Brainbuster (11:17).
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) defeated DJ Nira, Masa Takanashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga (6:32).
*V1 for Tsukasa Fujimoto?
3a. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Tsukadora (5:37).
3b. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated Masa Takanashi by Ring Out (5:50).
3c. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated DJ Nira by Ring Out (6:32).
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito defeated Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa with the Danshoku Nightmare (12:33).
5. HARASHIMA defeated Takao Soma with the Somato (10:33).
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) when KUDO pinned Urano with the Diving Double Knee Drop (16:33).
*Crying Wolf fail in V3. KUDO & Makoto Oishi become the 44th KO-D Tag Team Champions!

Homoiro Clover Z has good reasons to celebrate tonight because KUDO & Makoto Oishi are the new KO-D Tag Team Champions! It was a big task made even tougher when Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano attacked the challengers during a handshake at the beginning of the match. But the tactic to focus on Urano and get Hino out of the match for as long as possible worked out in the end. The new champions said they now have a golden ticket for Budokan Hall and they hope Kota Ibushi will be joining them. Both Urano & Hino refused to give any comments to the press after the match.

DDT prepared a crack team of wrestlers to win back the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from the recent string of women wrestlers. Unfortunately Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki were busy wrestling in New Japan. So DDT had to make do with Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira instead. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated all three of them in a Battle Royal to keep the championship. Afterwards Fujimoto said that she heard that whoever holds this belt will be guaranteed to wrestle inside Budokan Hall soon. She is not afraid of anyone who will attack her while she is walking down a street in the middle of the night just to get the belt. She will continue to hold the belt and will soon represent Ice Ribbon in Budokan Hall. Later on in the show, Matsunaga ambushed Fujimoto to try and win the belt. However, Fujimoto avoided getting pinned and ran away safely.

Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daishi began with the injured Mitsuhiro Yoshida admitting that he wasn’t injured at all. He tricked Takagi into having a match with Daishi, who had wanted to fight the DDT president at his own game. The match spread out of the ring and even out of the building to a playground outside the building. Takagi eventually won the match and he shook hands with Daishi. He also tricked Yoshida and gave him a Stunner when he reached out to shake his hand.


DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN” Results

June 15, 2012

DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN”, 15/06/2012
Edogawa Eastern Friend Hall
399 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma defeated Hoshitango & Tetsuya Endo when Soma pinned Endo with the Boma Ye (8:55).
2. Emi Sakura defeated DJ Nira with a Mexican Surfboard (4:26).
3. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki defeated KUDO & Makoto Oishi when Sasaki pinned Oishi with the NOW or NEVER (8:32).
4. Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa when Ishikawa pinned Nakazawa with the Splash Mountain (11:26).
5. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino defeated Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda when Ibushi pinned Honda with the Sit Down Last Ride (16:36).
6. Masa Takanashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Avalanche Takatonic (23:34).

Even though Masa Takanashi is from Ichikawa City in Chiba, this show in Edogawa was treated as his triumphant homecoming in a broad sense. The posters advertising the show also had Masa posing with championship belts, none of which he currently has.

Masa won his big match in the main event, defeating Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Avalanche version of his Takatonic finisher. Masa once again fell victim to the dreaded Axe Guillotine Driver, a critical move which has been used in the past to counter the Takatonic. Yet he was able to kick out of the pin. He even kicked out of the Tiger Driver and avoided the Tiger Driver ’91.

After the match, Takanashi apologised to the fans for false advertisement. He admitted that the show should have been advertised for another special occasion, the 9th Anniversary of Shuji Ishikawa’s wrestling debut! Shuji had his first match in DDT on 15th June, 2003 against Super Uchu Power. Shuji was invited down to the ring while the fans chanted his name. They also invited Daichi Kakimoto into the ring since he is also approaching the 9th Anniversary of his debut. To mark the special occassion, all three performed a Triple Dropkick on Ken Ohka.

KUDO & Makoto Oishi suffered a minor setback by losing a match just one day before they challenge for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Luckily for them one of the champions also lost today as Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda fell to Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino. Speaking of that match, Dino promised that it was going to be a very serious match between the two teams. Instead, by the end of the match everyone had the back of their tights pulled down and their rear ends exposed. Afterwards, Dino simply told the crowd “That was our serious match. Thank you.”


DDT “PEGASUS METEOR FIST” Results

June 10, 2012

DDT “PEGASUS METEOR FIST”, 10/06/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall
214 Fans

1. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Michael Nakazawa defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Venom Maker (8:21).
2. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii when Matsunaga pinned Takanashi with a Tiger Driver (8:34).
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Mr. #6 defeated Hikaru Sato, DJ Nira & Gota Ihashi when #6 pinned Ihashi with the Moonsault Press (13:09).
4. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Gay-do Clutch (10:39).
5. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Kenny Omega defeated Akito with the Croyt’s Wrath (14:09).
6. Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls: Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda (21:24).
6a. Yuji Hino defeated Makoto Oishi with a Dragon Sleeper (13:50).
6b. KUDO defeated Yasu Urano with a German Suplex (15:46).
6c. Kota Ibushi defeated Antonio Honda with the Sit Down Last Ride (21:24).