DDT “APRIL FOOL 2012” Results

April 1, 2012

DDT “APRIL FOOL 2012”, 01/04/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,277 Fans – No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Shota defeated Gota Ihashi with a Crucifix Pin (3:53).
1. Tetsuya Endo Debut Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & Akito defeated Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo when Akito submitted Endo with a Modified Figure Four Leg Lock (9:22).
2. Antonio Honda defeated Nico Valentine with a School Boy (9:02).
3. Takao Soma & Genba Hirayanagi defeated Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa when Soma pinned Nakazawa with the Boma Ye (8:18).
4. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie with the One Winged Angel (16:34).
*V5 for Kenny Omega.
5. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal: Yuji Hino defeated Yasu Urano with a German Suplex (23:56).
5a. Right To Challenge Tag Anytime, Anywhere: Tomomitsu Matsunaga (6:09).
5b. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 1: Masa Takanashi (9:49).
5c. Performance Rights Anytime, Anywhere: Keita Yano (12:35).
5d. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 2: DJ Nira (13:13).
5e. Ken Ohka Anytime, Anywhere: Makoto Oishi (14:46).
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Danshoku Dino (c) with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (19:17).
*Danshoku Dino fails in V3. Sanshiro Takagi becomes the 39th KO-D Openweight Champion!
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Masa Takanashi defeated Sanshiro Takagi (c) with the Takatonic (2:04).
*Sanshiro Takagi fails in V1. Masa Takanashi becomes the 40th KO-D Openweight Champion!

The big stories coming from today’s show in Korakuen Hall may sound like something out of an April Fool’s joke, but DDT really does have some big plans in store for the future. Not only that but we got two surprising title changes, both involving the came championship.

The main event saw Sanshiro Takagi lift the KO-D Openweight Title for a record sixth time. But after defeating Danshoku Dino in a hard fought battle, he was in no way, shape or form ready for the sudden cashing in of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contract won by Masa Takanashi earlier in the night. Masa told Takagi he would make him the shortest champion in history and when the show finally ended,  Masa Takanashi was left standing as the most unlikely KO-D Champion in recent memory. But now that Masa has the gold, a huge threat already has him in his sights.

Yuji Hino won the Battle Royal portion of the Right To Challenge series. He now gets to face Masa for the KO-D Title on 4th May. Masa won the first of two Right To Challenge contracts for the KO-D Title. He is the first wrestler in DDT to cash it in successfully. The other KO-D Title contract was won by DJ Nira of all people! Tomomitsu Matsunaga has the KO-D Tag Team Title contract and will get to choose whoever he wants to cash it in with. Keita Yano has the contract that allows him to set up a DDT show wherever and whenever he likes (DDT still gets a big cut of the earnings). That left the Ken Ohka Anytime, Anywhere contract as the last prize to be fought over. Except nobody wanted it. However, Makato Oishi didn’t keep track of which contracts were taken and he dashed up the ladder when the opportunity arose. Everyone else just stood around the ladder and let him grab the contract. So now Makoto can become the next Ken Ohka whenever he wants.

Kota Ibushi returns to the ring on May 4th and his big comeback match is against the lucha phenom that has taken DDT and Union by storm over the last year… El Generico!!! With both wrestlers famed for their high action matches that often spill outside the ring, this match could be insane.

Kyohei Wada was the referee for the AJPW Jr. Title match. Shigehiro Irie made his entrance wearing Road Warrior shoulder pads that matched his wrestling gear. Even though he could not defeat Kenny Omega, he was highly praised by the champion. Kenny said that Irie will someday be the biggest star in DDT. Kenny also asked the audience to support himself and Michael Nakazawa when they enter the All Japan Jr. Tag League in April.

Hard Hit will hold its next show on 3rd June.

Kana will return to DDT on 8th April along with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title.

DDT’s strategy presentation for the rest of the year included several pieces of information:

1. DDT wants to add more local shows to their schedule. They will now go to Sopporo twice a year, Hakata three times, hold a big show in Osaka in September, hold two Street Pro Wrestling events and have the annual Beer Garden series take place from 29th July to 4th August. There will also be other shows in smaller towns.

2. Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & KUDO are now on Twitter. You can follow them at @ibushi_kota, @HARASHIMA_DDT and @KUDO_DDT.

3. DDT will also be releasing their own video app for the iPhone in the coming months. First release will be a trilogy of Bookstore Pro Wrestling matches which will be available in April.

4. The Budokan Hall show will feature the debut of their latest rookie, a 16 year old high school student named Konosuke Takeshita (竹下幸之介). He is from Osaka, born 15th May 1995, height is measured at 186cm and he participated in shot put at high school.

5. DDT will also begin streaming their shows online with a service called Nico DDT Live and DDT Wrestling Hour. They will have a bi-weekly live broadcast and also air recorded footage every other Thursday with the videos available to watch over two days. First live broadcast will be the 8th April event in Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The streams will be free to watch, at least for the first few shows.

6. Last but not least, a pro wrestler audition has been set up by DDT with Seiya Morohashi (aka Big Rude from Union) in charge. He hopes to see a wide range of applicants coming through.

One last thing, there was an announcement for the official DDT 15th Anniversary theme song being created by J-Dance acts Sunplaza Nakano and DJ Yosshi. The song will be called “Under The Big Onion” and a music video will be created to go along with it. You know how Tokyo Dome is nicknamed the Big Egg? Well Budokan Hall is nicknamed the Big Onion.

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BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR” Results

March 29, 2012

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE
329 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Cherry & Great Kojika defeated Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto when Cherry pinned Shirai with the Cherryton Bomb (8:11).
2. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Jaki Numazawa defeated Big Rude by making him say “Propia” (5:55).
3. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: Big Buddy Sanshiro Takagi (Yuji Okabayashi) defeated Sanshiro Takagi X (Batten Tamagawa) with the Golem Splash (9:16)
Other Participants: Sanshiro Takagi, New Sanshiro Takagi, Secret Sanshiro Takagi (Mototsugu Shimizu) and Love Sanshiro Takagi (Abdullah Kobayashi).
4. Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Crab Hold (6:57).
5. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka defeated Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino when Ken Ohka pinned Hoshino with the Spear Of The Flame onto a Ladder (12:22).
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu when Ishikawa pinned Shinobu with the Splash Mountain (12:17).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeated Isami Kodaka (c) with the Swivel Fire Thunder (15:12).
*Isami Kodaka fails in V2. Yuko Miyamoto becomes the 18th DDT Extreme Champion!

Union and Big Japan Wrestling may or may not be at war with each other but their relationship has gotten to the point where a DDT championship is now in the hands of Big Japan. Yuko Miyamoto defeated his long time friend Isami Kodaka to win the DDT Extreme Championship in the main event of Union and BJW’s cross-promoted show in Shinjuku FACE. Both men fought in a Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match, the first time such a match took place in the building. There were no hard feelings after the match, after all Miyamoto & Kodaka currently hold the BJW Tag Team Championship together. In fact, after the match Miyamoto kept on saying how much fun he had at the show and he asked Naomi Susan if Union and Big Japan could hold more joint shows in the future. Susan spoke to Big Japan rep Eiji Tosaka after the show and admitted she was frustrated to see Union lose a championship to Big Japan. However, she also thought the joint show was an interesting experiment.

BIG “G” BANG built some momentum going into their seperate championship bouts next month by defeating a tag team that featured the winner of Big Japan’s recent Ikkitousen tournament. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie continued their winning ways with a victory over Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu, a team that lives by the tagline “Good Friends, Better Enemies.” The action did not stop at the end when the bell rang and a brawl broke out between the two sides.

Look at the result for Match #5. Yes, you read that right. Ken Ohka won a Hardcore match against Big Japan death match wrestlers! It all happened when Kankuro Hoshino placed Ohka on top of a ladder and climbed up top for the Diving Senton. Ohka rolled out of the way and after Hoshino landed on top of the ladder, Ohka hit his patented Spear Of The Flame to get the three count. Ken now thinks that he and Kengo Ohka make for a natural tag team together.

If you think that Sanshiro Takagi does not appear in Union enough then the Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal is just the match for you! There were not enough Sanshiro Takagi taking part in the Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal, so one more Sanshiro Takagi was added to the line up. Big Buddy Sanshiro Takagi (Yuji Okabayashi) was the last Takagi standing, defeating the original Sanshiro Takagi and four other dopplegangers. The Secret Sanshiro Takagi was Mototsugu Shimizu. The Secret in that name stood for Secret Base, Shimizu’s home promotion.

Big Rude and Jaki Numazawa fought each other in an I Quit Match with a difference. Rather than forcing the opponent to say “I quit”, the aim of the match was for each wrestler to force his opponent to say their own sponsor’s name. Both Big Rude and Numazawa are spokesmen for seperate products and have sponsorships from the companies when they wrestle. Big Rude is sponsored by Svenson, a company that specialises in hair restoration products. Numazawa meanwhile is sponsored by Propia, who make shampoo, make up and, I’m not making this up, fake facial hair. Numazawa won the match when he placed Rude in a Camel Clutch and forced him to shout “Propia!”

The official show report on DDT’s website says the Great Kojika and Cherry “graced the opening match in the wisdom of age”. I bet Cherry will be offended when she reads that line.

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HARD HIT “MEN OF THE MONTH” Results

March 22, 2012

HARD HIT “MEN OF THE MONTH”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE
367 Fans – No Vacancy

1. KEI Yamamiya (0-D/0-E/0-P) defeated Ryuichi Sekine (0-D/0-E/0-P) by Referee Stoppage due to excessive bleeding (1:09).
2. Hayato Mashita (0-D/1-E/0-P) Vs Kenji Takeshima (1-D/0-E/0-P) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
3. Isami Kodaka (2-D/0-E/0-P) defeated Tanomusaku Toba (0-D/2-E/0-P) with a Single Leg Crab Hold (7:20).
4. Kosei Kubota (0-D/0-E/0-P) defeated Shotaro Nasu (0-D/0-E/0-P) with a Heel Hold (2:50).
5. Yukio Sakaguchi (0-D/1-E/0-P) defeated Michael Nakazawa (1-D/1-E/0-P) with a Cross Armbreaker (4:16).
6. HARASHIMA (1-D/2-E/0-P) Vs Daisuke Nakamura (2-D/1-E/0-P) ended in a Time Limit Draw (15:00).
7. Ryo Kawamura (0-D/1-E/0-P) defeated Hikaru Sato (0-D/1-E/0-P) by Referee Stoppage with Grounded Palm Strikes (4:07).

The opener was cut short when KEI Yamamiya busted Ryuichi Sekine nose with a Palm Strike.

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DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2012” Results

March 21, 2012

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2012”, 20/03/2012
Hakata Star Lanes
315 Fans

1. Takashi Dai Debut Match: Shigehiro Irie defeated Takashi Dai with a Flying Sausage (7:51).
2. Antonio Honda defeated Makoto Oishi with a DDT (12:07).
3. Rion Mizuki, Azul Dragon & Kubo Kibo Vs DJ Sasaki, DJ Nakazawa & DJ Nira when Dragon pinned Nira with the Atomic Bomb (14:09).
4. Keisuke Ishii defeated Masa Takanashi with the Kneel Kick (8:47).
5. Hikaru Sato defeated Batten Tamagawa with an Achilles Tendon Hold (12:12).
6. HARASHIMA defeated Yasu Urano with the Somato (16:30).
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma (c) defeated Danshoku Dino & KUDO when Takagi pinned Dino with the Danshoku Driver (20:01).
*V3 for Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma.

Sanshiro Takagi sent a devastating message to Danshoku Dino by pinning the KO-D Champion with his own finishing move. With Takagi successfully defending his own KO-D Tag Team Title along with Takao Soma, he now looks forward to his shot at Dino’s KO-D Title on 1st April. To show his domination, Takagi stood over an unconcious Dino with both KO-D Openweight and Tag Team Title belts held in the air after the match.

Takashi Dai introduced himself after his debut match against Shigehiro Irie. Dai was born on 19th January, 1992. He is 180cm tall and weighs 95kg. He has previous training experience in judo and mixed martial arts.

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UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012” Results

March 18, 2012

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
302 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka defeated Taichi Kazato with a Boston Crab (8:17).
1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) defeated Rion Mizuki with a School Boy (7:30).
2. New Keizo Matsuda & Yoshiya Yamashita defeated New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude when Matsuda pinned Takagi with a Lariat (8:38).
3. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry defeated Mio Shirai with the Spring Night Love (7:34).
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Kengo Ohka defeated Ken Ohka with the Shinken (17:14).
5. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine when Ishikawa pinned Sekine with the Splash Mountain onto the roses (19:39).

The 1,000 Roses Death Match contained many weapons that were covered in roses. They included a table, a ladder and two boards that were laid against opposite corners. Despite not sounding as dangerous as your typical death match, blood did flow from the wrestlers as they fought. After the match, Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka shook hands.

Cherry defeated Mio Shirai to prevent one of the greatest secrets in puroresu from being unveiled… her age. Cherry was forced to bring her passport to Shin-Kiba to use as proof of her age if she had to reveal it. The passport was kept in a safe backstage while Cherry fought the 24 year old Mio. When the match was over, the safe was given back to Cherry. But when she opened it, the passport was replaced by a hand written note. The note said “I have your passport. If you want it back, fight me. GAMI.” Cherry was upset that her passport was stolen. Not only is her age at risk from being made public, but Cherry now cannot travel overseas. She accepted GAMI’s challenge and thanked the fans for supporting her.

New Sanshiro Takagi and New Keizo Matsuda will face each other in a singles match at Union’s return to Korakuen Hall on 4th May. El Generico will also return on that show.

Hiroshi Fukuda’s promise to win his match with the Perfect Plex did not happen. He had to take a spray can from ringside and strike Rion Mizuki over the head with it and then roll him over with a School Boy to get his hand raised. Fukuda’s mentor Rumi Kazama was not pleased with his performance and she gave him a Buzzsaw Kick as punishment. Kazama stormed off backstage and left Fukuda crying in the ring.

Union’s relationship with New Beijing Pro Wrestling is coming back to life. Choun-Shiryu, Cao Zhang and Princess Makoto will all return on Union’s 8th April event in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

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DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL” Results

March 18, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
333 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Takao Soma defeated Gota Ihashi with the Boma Ye (6:37).
2. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa defeated DJ Nira & Hoshitango when Sato submitted Nira with a Fujiwara Armbar (10:53).
3. Try To Guess The Meaning Of This Card? – Students Wrestling Federation: HARASHIMA & Guts Ishijima defeated GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when HARASHIMA pinned Matsunaga with a Firebird Splash (11:37).
4. 4 Vs 4 Elimination Match: Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano defeated Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda (19:46).
4a. Antonio Honda & Keita Yano eliminated Makoto Oishi by Ring Out (9:07).
4b. Danshoku Dino and Keita Yano eliminated each other by Ring Out (15:03).
4c. Hiroshi Fukuda eliminated Yasu Urano by Ring Out (15:44).
4d. Antonio Honda eliminated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Bionic Elbow (17:19).
4e. KUDO eliminated Antonio Honda after Yuji Hino accidentaly hit Honda with a Lariat (18:08).
4f. Yuji Hino eliminated KUDO by Ring Out (19:46).
5. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii when Omega pinned Ishii with the Croyt’s Wrath (14:08).
6. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Masa Takanashi with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (17:02).

Sanshiro Takagi is now the No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title. Takagi remembers when Danshoku Dino defeated him to become the champion seven years ago. Now he wants the roles to reverse and go on to Budokan Hall as the KO-D Champion, where Minoru Suzuki will be waiting for him. Meanwhile, Takagi told Takao Soma that he wants them to defend the KO-D Tag Team Title at least 30 times before the 15th Anniversary show takes place, even if it means defending the belts every day. They are also open to a rematch with the former champions Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino.

Shigehiro Irie claimed that he weighed himself before the show and was now 105kg, making him eligable for the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title match DDT is scheduled to hold in Korakuen Hall on 1st April. Interim GM Kota Ibushi and current champion Kenny Omega weren’t so sure he was telling the truth, so they brought a weighing scale down to the ring and weighed him. Irie’s weight was actually 105.5kg. Kenny suggested that Irie would reach the target if he took all of his clothes off while Ibushi kept on saying “105.5kg” over and over. Irie shook Kenny’s hand and promised he would reach the weight limit to get his title match.

Crying Wolf scored a major victory over Homoiro Clover Z in an 8-Man Tag Team Elimination match. Yuji Hino proved to be the difference maker despite costing his own team an elimination near the end. Danshoku Dino was left dumbfounded by his team’s defeat. DJ Nira appeared and stirred some trouble by blaming Hiroshi Fukuda for not dancing hard enough to the Momoiro Clover Z music they play during matches for motivation. Fukuda took offence and said he is not the weak link of the group. To prove it, Fukuda will face the debuting Tetsuya Endo on April 1st.

The theme for Match #3 was “Students Pro Wrestling” where HARASHIMA and GENTARO used gimmicks from their college pro wrestling days. HARASHIMA wrestled as Ashura while GENTARO was Hachibe.

DDT announced that Genba Hirayanagi from Pro Wrestling NOAH will compete for them on the 1/4 Korakuen Hall show.

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DDT “JUDGEMENT 2012” Results

March 11, 2012

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2012”, 11/03/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,408 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Gota Ihashi Return Match: KUDO defeated Gota Ihashi with a Back Spin Kick (7:21).
2. A Major Explosion!? Rocket Punch: Masao Inoue defeated DJ Nira with a School Boy (8:57).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Poison JULIE Sawada defeated Antonio Honda by Pinfall (12:28 pm).
*Poison JULIE Sawada becomes the 894th champion.
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Kana defeated Poison JULIE Sawada (c), Antonio Honda, Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gorgeous Matsuno, Tigers Mask and Keita Yano (10:00).
3a. Michael Nakazawa defeated Poison JULIE Sawada (c) with a Jackknife Pin (3:08).
*Michael Nakazawa becomes the 895th champion.
3b. Kana defeated Michael Nakazawa (c) with a Hand Thrust (4:54).
*Kana becomes the 896th champion.
3c. Antonio Honda defeated Kana (c) by Pinfall (9:10).
*Antonio Honda becomes the 897th champion.
3d. Kana defeated Antonio Honda (c) with a Cross Armbreaker (9:38).
*Kana becomes the 898th champion.
4. HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda when Takanashi pinned Fukuda with the Bacchus (10:22).
5. Shuji Kondo & Kaz Hayashi defeated Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii when Hayashi pinned Ishii with the Final Cut (13:43).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kana (c) defeated Michael Nakazawa with a Guillotine Choke (13:21 pm).
*V1 for Kana.
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma defeated Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) when Soma pinned Urano with the Diving Guillotine Drop (15:18).
*Crying Wolf fails in V3. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma become the 42nd KO-D Tag Team Champions!
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) defeated Hikaru Sato with the Gotch-Style Danshoku Driver (20:10).
*V2 for Danshoku Dino.

After dispatching Hikaru Sato in the main event, Danshoku Dino nominated Sanshiro Takagi & Masa Takanashi as the top two challengers for his KO-D Openweight Title. Takanashi and Takagi will face each other in a No. 1 Contender’s match on 18th March. The winner will face Dino for the title when DDT returns to Korakuen Hall for their double header with Union on 1st April.

The Anti-Establishment Unit are now the KO-D Tag Team Champions! In his third shot at the belts, Takao Soma finally made it all the way and won his first championship in his career. He and Sanshiro Takagi are now planning to defend the title as many different promotions as possible. Tsurumi Amon is not happy at the recent turn of events and refuses to allow Takagi & Soma to defend the KO-D Tag Team Title outside of DDT. Takagi ignored him and listed a number of different promotions to defend the belt in. Places like New Japan, Dragon Gate, Big Japan, Diamond Ring and Okinawa Pro Wrestling were all suggested only for Tsurumi to shoot down each idea. Tsurumi then accidentaly mentioned that a GUTS World show was going to take place in Kitasenju later. That gave Takagi and Soma the idea to crash that show and lay out a challenge to the GUTS roster.

After match #5, Shigehiro Irie predicted that Kenny Omega would defeat Shuji Kondo in All Japan on 20th March. Then on 1st April, Irie will have dropped enough weight to challenge and defeat Kenny Omega to win the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title. Irie then said he will nominate Shuji Kondo as his first challenger. Shuji Kondo praised Irie in a backstage interview after the match, calling his performance “tremendous”. Meanwhile Keisuke Ishii was upset with losing the match to Kondo and Kaz Hayashi. He felt he was not ready to have fought Hayashi so soon. However, he does want to face Kaz Hayashi again, this time in a singles match.

Kana got a nice little White Day gift in the form of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. The belt began changing hands before the Battle Royal even took place. The champion at the beginning of the show was Antonio Honda. While he was explaining the rules of the match to the competitors, Poison JULIE Sawada ambushed him and won the title. When the match finally took place, Sawada was pinned by Michael Nakazawa. Nakazawa then made the mistake of provoking Kana by asking if she wanted the silver belt or his “golden axe”. Kana knocked him out and became champion. Honda was next to win the belt with under a minute remaining but Kana immediately trapped him in a Cross Armbreaker to win back the belt and complete the Battle Royal as champion. She later became one of the few champions to successfully defend the belt when an ambush by Nakazawa backstage failed and left him choked out by the champion.

Two brand new DDT wrestlers will both be making their debut in the next couple of weeks. The first to debut is Takashi Dai. He will have his first match in Hakata Star Lanes on 20th March. The second is Tetsuya Endo, who will debut in Korakuen Hall on 1st April.

DDT announced that El Generico will compete at the 15th Anniversary show in Budokan Hall!

Kota Ibushi will be the stand-in General Manager for the “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL” at Shin-Kiba 1st RING next week.

Two prizes were announced for the Battle Royal that will take place on 1st April. The Anytime & Anywhere Contract will be hung above the ring and will go to whoever can take it down. The winner of the Battle Royal itself will get the KO-D Title shot on the 4th May Korakuen show.

A one minute’s silence dedicated to the victims of last year’s earthquake and tsunami took place at the end of the show.

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DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 11” Results

March 4, 2012

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 11”, 04/03/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena
308 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Shoichi Uchida defeated Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan when Irie pinned Ecchan with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (12:45).
2. Nakazawa Local Indie Education Match: Hideki Shiota defeated Michael Nakazawa with a Fujiwara Armber (0:18).
2a. Hideki Shiota defeated Michael Nakazawa with a Diving Headbutt (4:41).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: MIYAWAKI defeated Tigers Mask (c) with the Death Penalty.
*MIYAWAKI becomes the 892nd champion.
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: MIYAWAKI (c) Vs Antonio Honda ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
3a. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Antonio Honda defeated MIYAWAKI (c) with a Stunner.
*Antonio Honda becomes the 893rd champion.
4. Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino & Keita Yano defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda when Hino pinned Fukuda with the Fuckin’ Bomb (12:38).
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma defeated Tigers Mask & DJ Nira when Takagi pinned Mask after the Boma Ye from Yukinori Matsui (10:04).
6. Hikaru Sato & HARASHIMA defeated Danshoku Dino & KUDO when Sato submitted Dino with the Heel Hold (19:41).

Hikaru Sato scored a big victory over Danshoku Dino in the build up to their KO-D Openweight Title match next week. Sato’s vast experience in submissions were too much for Dino to handle in the Tag Team main event which also included HARASHIMA and KUDO. Dino had no choice but to tap out to Sato’s Heel Hold, possibly giving the challenger a clear target to focus on when the title match takes place. Meanwhile HARASHIMA is already staking claim to challenge Sato to a KO-D Title match in Osaka if Sato becomes the next champion. Should the road lead to this match becoming a reality, it will be a rematch of Sato’s dramatic KO-D Title win over HARASHIMA that took place in Osaka back in 2010.

I was not a good day for Osaka’s own Tigers Mask. First he lost the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship to MIYAWAKI before he even got a chance to defend it against Antonio Honda. Then he lost his tag team match later in the show when referee Yukinori Matsui had enough of his antics and knocked him out with a Boma Ye knee strike.

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DDT “PINK KNEEL KICK VOL.1” Results

March 3, 2012

DDT “PINK KNEEL KICK VOL.1”, 03/03/2012
Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium
453 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Takao Soma defeated Shota with the Boma Ye (7:50).
2. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Hoshitango with the Splash Mountain (6:15).
3. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Tanomusaku Toba defeated Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Michael Nakazawa when Dino pinned Nakazawa with a Moonsault (12:40).
4. Antonio Honda defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Bionic Elbow (12:10).
5. Yasu Urano defeated Sanshiro Takagi with an Inside Cradle (11:54).
6. HARASHIMA & KUDO defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie when KUDO pinned Ishii with the Diving Double Knee Drop (20:33).

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NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012” Results

February 26, 2012

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
324 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Jie Mai Nakazawa, Xiang Jie & Humpback Jie defeated Yasuura No when Nakazawa pinned No with a Jackknife Hold (8:12).
2. Giant Bashoku defeated Jie Mai Nakazawa, Xiang Jie & Humpback Jie when Bashoku pinned Nakazawa with the Fire Thunder Driver (0:25).
3. Giant Bashoku defeated Jet Bar with the Power Bomb (5:39).
4. Choi Lee defeated Xiang Mon Ying with a Small Package (4:46).
5. Moto Tairo & Shokaku defeated First Emperor & Next Emperor when Tairo pinned First Emperor with the Hokuto Zan Kai Fist (6:11).
6. Xiahou Dun & Xiahou Yuan defeated Earl Dino & Son Goku when Dun pinned Goku after the Cactus Flower (9:16).
7. Hiroshi Fukuoka & Murata Kanazawa Vs Yasuo Atsushi & Statue Of David ended in a No Contest when Kanazawa and David were both killed (11:00).
8. Choun-Shiryu defeated Cao Zhang with the Reverse Chinese Gory Bomb Special (12:54).

Right, let’s see if I can finally write out the complete and correct story. Apologies for all of the previous mistakes. The added use of Chinese terms along with the usual Japanese language made this a lot more difficult to translate and understand. I got a lot of fun out of trying to figure it out though, so it was worth it. Anyway, on with the story…

New Beijing Pro Wrestling was bought out by Bushoroad, a company that creates counterfeit card games. Power shifted from its previous ruler Emperor Liang to Chiang Wei, a young man with state-of-the-art ideas. With a new ruler came a new image for New Beijing. Its roster would be re-trained in a cram school environment before they could wrestle again. Unfortunately, the takeover revealed the dark underbelly of New Beijing, and a bunch of the now exiled wrestlers formed the Ryozanpaku48 to take back the company for themselves. The group sent a message to Bushoroad by kidnapping Princess Makoto and holding her hostage in Japan. In response, Bushoroad brought together its best “students” and sent them on a mission to rescue Makoto. This would lead to a battle that Chinese legends say only happen once every four years… the Heaven Six Wheel Challenge.

The battle was long and contained many casualties. It also happened to resemble a pro wrestling show. After many lives were lost, Choun-Shiryu was the only Bushoroad warrior left. In order to reach Makoto, he had to get past the mysterious general of the Ryozanpaku48. Much to Shiryu’s horror, the general turned out to be his former tag team partner Cao Zhang! It was he who kidnapped Princess Makoto! The two fought a violent duel that spread all across Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. But when the dust finally settled, Choun-Shiryu was the last man standing.

Defeated and disgraced, Cao Zhang begged Choun to deliver the finishing blow and kill him. Choun decided not to and told Cao “Yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend!” Cao then brought Choun to the prison where Makoto was being held. Choun burst through the door, freed Makoto from her shackles and embraced her. As they kissed, Choun realised that Makoto was a lot more thicker than he remembered. That’s when he realised the woman he freed was not Princess Makoto but another woman. The real Makoto was actually standing beside them the whole time, unharmed.

As the show ended, the audience were presented with an epilogue. Three months have passed since the Heaven Six Wheel Challenge. All of the fighters who seemed to have died in battle were saved with first aid and all made full recoveries. Bushoroad and the Ryozanpaku48 reconciled and the exiled fighters were allowed back into New Beijing. But just when it looked like there was finally peace, disaster struck. The president of Bushoroad was suddenly murdered! A piece of paper was found near the president’s body with the word “Devil” written down. It was then revealed that the man who murdered the president was none other than Piccolo Daimao!

The End.

When the show finally ended, Choun-Shiryu addressed the audience. He does not know what will happen to New Beijing in the future, but if the fans in attendence want it to come back to Japan again, he will think about holding another show in one year’s time.

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