DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS FEBRUARY EDITION” Results

February 16, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS FEBRUARY EDITION”, 16/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
109 Fans

1. Akito defeated Kotaro Nasu with an Ankle Hold (8:27).
2. Shigehiro Irie defeated Daichi Kazato with the Teddy Bear (7:23).
3. Hiro Tonai defeated Rion Mizuki with a Waterfall (9:35).
4. Keisuke Ishii & Ryuichi Sekine defeated Hiromu Takahashi & Shota when Ishii pinned Shota with a German Suplex (10:50).
5. Hiro Tsumaki defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Chickenwing Armlock (12:17).

Hiro Tsumaki gets his first ever win in the DDT Vs Union main event, beating DDT’s Kazuki Hirata.


NEW BEIJING “JAPAN TOUR 2011” Results

February 11, 2011

NEW BEIJING “JAPAN TOUR 2011”, 11/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
494 Fans

1. The Decisive Battle!: Liu Bei Ito (w/ Nippon Li) Vs Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto) ended in a No Contest when a Barbarian invasion occured (7:01).
1a. Liu Bei Ito & Cao Zhang defeated Meng Hiroshi & Bone Hiroshi when Zhang pinned Bone Hiroshi with the Leg Capture Power Bomb (5:15).
2. Chinese Stars Gathered In Japan!: Ranjei Lee & Jet Bar defeated Dragon Achoooo! & Zhou Yu when Ranjei Lee pinned Zhou Yu with the Shining Wizard (11:35).
3. Opium War!?: Golden Horn & Silver Horn defeated Queen Elizabeth & Statue Of David when Silver Horn pinned Queen Elizabeth with the Buzzsaw Kick (8:15).
4. National Scramble For The Imperial Seal!: King Andui Qin defeated Great Slave No. 643, Megumi Shin Akira Ra Nuruhachi, Emperor Qin and Zen Liu (12:08).
5. Rushi’s Last Play: Choun-Shiryu, Rushi Togo & Young Master Togo defeated Hazime Hutoshi, Somato & Giant Boshoku when Choun-Shiryu pinned Giant Boshoku with the Chinese Gory Special (15:21).

It truly was Rushi Togo’s Last Play. Before the match, Young Master Togo (Kenny Omega) approached Choun-Shiryu showing concern for his master. Rushi Togo (Dick Togo) was clearly looking the worst for wear, coughing up blood and weezing heavily. Somato (HARASHIMA) on the other hand had no such problems with his health. In fact, he performed a sword swallowing trick before the match began, using Hazime Hutoshi’s (GENTARO) sword. Despite fears over the old man’s health, Rushi looked fine in the ring until his body gave out on him after leaping off the turnbuckles. His team were at a disadvantage from there on out but they heroicly fought back. However, it was clear Togo’s body could not handle the stress. Togo used all of his remaining strength to do a Double Hadouken with his protege to Giant Boshoku (Shuji Ishikawa), knocking the big man off his feet and allowing Choun-Shiryu to finish him off with the Chinese Gory Special. The victory was bittersweet, Roshi Togo sacrificed himself so his side would win the battle.

The Statue Of David (Seiya Morohashi) spent most of Match #3 standing in the centre of the ring while Golden Horn (Brahman Shu) & Silver Horn (Brahman Kei) destroyed Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth wore lingerie and was stoned out of her mind on opium. Never thought I would write that sentence (actually, that would be a lie). Anyway, David wouldn’t budge after crotch flicks, fingers jammed up his backside and even having worms smudged into his face. A face full of wasabi sauce almost did the job but some ice cold water to the crotch finally got the statue moving. Unfortunately for the Horns, it made David Hulk up and take control of the match. When a powder attack backfired, David assumed his position and left Elizabeth at the Horns’ mercy. There wasn’t much of it as they repeatedly threw powder in her face, spat the Mist at her and knocked her out with a Buzzsaw Kick.

The Decisive Battle looked to be in Liu Bei Ito’s (Ryubi Ito) favour when suddenly one of the New Beijing warriors ran to the ring with an arrow sticking out of his back. He was crying for help before losing conciousness. His warning came too late, an invasion occured when two barbarians named Meng Hiroshi & Bone Hiroshi entered the arena and attacked both Ito & Cao Zhang (Akito). They then kidnapped Nippon Li (Nikkan Lee) & Princess Makoto (Er…Makoto). The match was quickly turned into a tag team bout with the warriors of the Wei & Shu factions suddenly becoming allies. Ito used his folding chair while Zhang using his Golden Tonkachi Hammer to defeat the invading duo and rescue their women from the Barbarians’ clutches. The two proud warriors looked as if they would shake each other’s hands after the match but instead, they both slapped each other across the face. After all, they are still from rival factions and the battle between them did not have a winner.


DDT “DRAMATIC 2011 FEBRUARY SPECIAL” Results

February 11, 2011

DDT “DRAMATIC 2011 FEBRUARY SPECIAL”, 11/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
490 Fans

1. Makoto Oishi & Yuki Sato defeated Rion Mizuki & Kazuki Hirata when Oishi submitted Hirata with a Sharpshooter (9:32).
2. Takao Soma & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Hikaru Sato & Tanomusaku Toba when Soma pinned Toba with the Diving Guillotine Drop (10:02).
3. Dick Togo defeated DJ Nira with a Crippler Crossface (6:44).
4. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Hoshitango when Urano pinned Honda with a Jacknife Pin (12:51).
5. Kenny Omega defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Croyt’s Wrath (11:50).
6. Royal Rumble: HARASHIMA defeated Kota Ibushi, KUDO, Danshoku Dino, Daisuke Sasaki, Keisuke Ishii and Minoru Fujita (23:44).
6a. Minoru Fujita eliminated MIKAMI by Ring Out.
6b. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Kota Ibushi by Ring Out.
6c. Minoru Fujita eliminated Keisuke Ishii by Ring Out.
6d. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Minoru Fujita by Ring Out.
6e. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Danshoku Dino with the NOW OR NEVER.
6f. KUDO eliminated Daisuke Sasaki with the Diving Double Knee Drop.
6g. HARASHIMA eliminated KUDO with the Somato.

HARASHIMA gets to challenge Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Title at Korakuen Hall on 27th February.

Kenny Omega stripped down to a Danshoku Dino style rainbow thong during his match with Michael Nakazawa. This was to combat Nakazawa’s habit of stripping down to a thong during his comebacks.

Two of the main events for the upcoming 6th March tripleshot were announced. Cruiser’s Game will have MIKAMI & The Great Sasuke teaming up to face Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku. As a reward for winning the Battle Royal at the end of January, Keisuke Ishii will host his own show. He will be against Takao Omori in the main event of that card.

A match that will have repercussions on this year’s Sumo Hall event will take place at the next Korakuen Hall show. Danshoku Dino, Tanomusaku Toba, DJ Nira and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi are among those involved but what kind of match it will be was not revealed.


UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS” Results

February 3, 2011

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS”, 03/02/2011
Shinjuku FACE
531 Fans

0. Takao Omori 3 Seater Dark Match: Takao Omori defeated Mitsuhiro Yoshida with a Boston Crab (1:57).
0. Takao Omori 3 Seater Dark Match: Takao Omori defeated Satoshi Hiroshi Kazato with a Piledriver (1:35).
0. Takao Omori 3 Seater Dark Match: Takao Omori defeated Batten Tamagawa with a Cobra Twist (1:34).
1. Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki defeated Cherry & Syuri when Morohashi pinned Cherry with a Cradle Cutback (10:44).
2. Tigers Mask defeated Shinichiro Tominaga with an Inside Cradle (11:29).
3. Aja Kong defeated Ken Ohka with the Diving Elbow Drop (8:12).
4. TKG48 Vs Revolutionary Armed Forces: Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Mashimo & Madoka defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Atsushi Aoki & Shigehiro Irie when Yago submitted Irie with the Cobra Twist Murder (18:15).
5. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data when Zhang pinned Kodaka with the Sitdown Power Bomb (13:32).
6. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi with the Splash Mountain (13:40).

Shuji Ishikawa got the big win for himself and for Union as he defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in the main event. The match had none other than Kyohei Wada of All Japan fame as the referee. It was a very physical match as Kikuchi was left bleeding from under his eye after all the damage he took.

Yoshiyaki Yago came in to Union with the prospect of facing his old nemesis Sanshiro Takagi. Seeing that Takagi formed his own supergroup called the TKG48, Yago went and formed his own unit temporarily called the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the two forces were set to collide in Shinjuku FACE. Yago recruited Madoka and Kengo Mashimo, who got rid of the Kengo Ohka name he had previously been using in Union. Takagi had his protege Shigehiro Irie and also brought in Atsushi Aoki from Pro Wrestling NOAH as his partners for the 6-Man Tag. Yago’s team won in the end with Yago himself earning the win with the aways deadly Cobra Twist Murder. The TKG48 had to cope with its first loss in Union. Not good, especially since Jun Akiyama was in attendance. When Takagi found out he approached Akiyama and offered him a spot in TKG48 aswell as a Kojima Haruna calendar as a gift. Akiyama said nothing and left the arena instead.

The situation did not end there as Yago and his group interrupted the post-show speeches to finally announce their official name. Yago claimed that he, Maashimo & Madoka were hired as bodyguards for Naomi Susan, the woman in charge of Union. So they now call themselves the SS Susan. Ishikawa wasn’t happy with this turn of events and challenged the SS Susan to a 6-Man Tag on 6th March at Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The match was made with Shuji picking Seiya Morohashi as one of his partners. Kikuchi asked Takagi if it would be ok if he could team with Shuji and Seiya. Takagi thought about it and decided to rent out Kikuchi to the Union side for a month so he could compete in the match.

After pinning the champion in the semi-main, Cao Zhang challenged Isami Kodaka to a DDT Extreme Title match. Isami accepted and their bout will take place on 6th March. Ever since his first appearance, Cao Zhang has been using a giant mallet to help win his matches. This could come into play when the stipulation of the title match is decided.

Looks like my guess for LuFisto’s replacement in the match with Ken Ohka was wrong. Very wrong. Ken Ohka had to fight Aja Kong. Needless to say the poor guy got killed out there.

The series of high profile matches for Shinichiro Tominaga continued with a defeat to Tigers Mask. Tominaga almost had the match won but his attempt at the Nagata Lock (Figure 4 Version) left him vulnerable to a roll up from Tigers. His next opponent will be Hikaru Sato.

Takao Omori came into Union to take part in a three match exhibition against a few micro indy wrestlers. He defeated Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Satoshi Hiroshi Kazato and Batten Tamagawa pretty easily.


DDT “SWEET DREAMS!” Results, Kota Concussed, It’s Sapp Time!

January 30, 2011

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,428 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Akito defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Modified Ankle Hold (8:18).
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki when GENTARO submitted Mizuki with the Sharpshooter (10:29).
3. Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki when Sato was DQ’ed (12:58).
4. Right to Produce “Someone´s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Keisuke Ishii defeated Yukihiro Abe with the Kneel Kick (12:13).
Order Of Eliminations: Hoshitango (3:16), Minoru Fujita (5:04), Michael Nakazawa (5:51), Tanomusaku Toba (5:57), Danshoku Dino (4:49), Makoto Oishi (7:02), DJ Nira (9:21) and Yukihiro Abe (12:13).
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated HARASHIMA & KUDO when Omega pinned KUDO with the Croyth’s Wrath (16:55)
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) defeated Antonio Honda (i/c) with the Diving Senton (26:24).
*Dick Togo becomes the 35th KO-D Openweight Champion.

With the injury setback now behind him, Dick Togo reclaimed his place on top of the DDT landscape by defeating Antonio Honda to unite the KO-D Openweight Championship with its unified version. In a correction to what I wrote a while back, Togo is officially the 35th KO-D Champion and now a 4-time holder of the title.

A Royal Rumble will take place at the 11th February Shin-Kiba 1st Ring show to determine the next challenger for Togo. The confirmed challengers so far are HARASHIMA, KUDO, Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI, Keisuke Ishii and Daisuke Sasaki. Also set to take place on the night is Dick Togo Vs DJ Nira in a non-title match and Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa.

Kota Ibushi had to go to the hospital for a CAT Scan after he suffered a mild concussion after a High Kick by HARASHIMA. He is likely to recover quickly and not miss any of the upcoming shows.

Keisuke Ishii was victorious in the Battle Royal. He will now get to produce his own show for the DDT Brand tripleshot at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on 6th March. An extra rule was added to the match. The Suzumiya Haruhi theme song was played for almost the entire match. Whenever the song reached its chorus, everyone in the ring had to do the “Hare Hare Yukai” dance or be eliminated. Yukihiro Abe spent the match dressed as the main character from the series.

The disqualification in match #2 led to Hikaru Sato challenging Takao Soma to a match at the 27th Fabruary Korakuen Hall show. The match was accepted and will be Hair Vs Hair!

Bob Sapp was announced to appear at DDT’s Sumo Hall show on 24th August. Yes, that Bob Sapp. A video was shown of “The Beast” confronting Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka at DDT HQ. Takagi came up with some suggestions on Twitter for Sapp’s opponent. So far he’s thought of Bob Sapp Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Bob Sapp Vs Tsurumi Goro and Bob Sapp Vs Ultraman Robin. A fun little fact that comes out of this is that in the space of a year, three former IWGP Heavyweight Champions have appeared in DDT so far: Genichiro Tenryu, Togi Makabe & Manabu Nakanishi. Bob Sapp will make it four if he does indeed show up and compete on the night.

Speaking of Takagi, he seems to be very pleased to be the “World’s Second Largest Promoter!” after the Wrestling Observer Awards came out.


Omega Wins Snowball Fight

January 17, 2011

Sportiva Entertainment “SPORTIVA ARENA WARS”, 16/01/2011
Sportiva Arena

Kenny Omega defeated Akito with the Croyt’s Wrath (15:02).

While DDT was over in Nagoya they brought in a few wrestlers from Sportiva Entertainment to take part in their event. Sportiva returned the favour by inviting Kenny Omega over to have a match against Akito. Well, the winter weather outside was too tempting for Omega and Akito and they fought out of the ring and left the arena to continue their match outside in the snow. Snowballs were thrown but a 20 count was still in place so the two had to return to the ring. Akito came close to beating Omega with an Anklelock and a Gutwrench Power Bomb but Omega tapped those buttons fast to break out of his groggy state. One Hadouken and Croyt’s Wrath later, Omega had his hand raised as the winner. Omega told Akito to “Please keep going, please keep running” and some day he too could become a champion.


UNION “NEW YEAR DRAGONS” Results

January 16, 2011

UNION “NEW YEAR DRAGONS”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall
315 Fans

1. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang defeated Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki when Zhang pinned Tsumaki with the Tornado Bomb (13:55).
2. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu with a Texas Cloverleaf (9:07).
3. Tag Team Lottery: Cherry & Kana defeated Ken Ohka & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi when Cherry pinned Ohka with a German Suplex (11:15).
4. El Samurai defeated Shinichiro Tominaga with a Chickenwing Armlock (6:21).
5. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data defeated Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota when Kodaka pinned Hide with the Diving Double Knee Drop (16:36).
6. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Splash Mountain (14:29).

After the main event, Shuji Ishikawa mentioned his upcoming match against Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in February. Shuji mentioned that he grew up watching Kikuchi wrestle with Jumbo Tsuruta and he hopes that that Kikuchi will be the one he faces at Shinjuku FACE. Kikuchi silently nodded in agreement.

Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu was accepted into the TKG48 after his match with Sanshiro Takagi. Nori is now member #25 of the group.


DDT “NEW YEAR SUPER DODON WAVE! IN NAGOYA 2011” Results

January 16, 2011

DDT “NEW YEAR SUPER DODON WAVE! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall
475 Fans

1. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated Yukihiro Abe & Kazuki Hirata when Urano pinned Hirata with the Tombstone Piledriver (9:54).
2a. World’s Most Powerful Rocket Punch Championship – R-1 World Grand Prix 2011 Finals: Tanomusaku Toba Vs DJ Nira ended in a 1-1 Draw.
2b. Tanomusaku Toba pinned DJ Nira with a School Boy (7:23).
3. BOYZ Nagoya Travel Guide: KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Madoka & Keisuke Ishii when Oishi pinned Ishii with the Tornado Clutch (6:48).
4. Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 defeated Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga when Mr. #6 pinned Nakazawa with the Somato (13:46).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated MIKAMI & Onryo when Honda submitted MIKAMI with the Octopus Hold (15:01).
*V3 for FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY.
6. Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match: Kenny Omega defeated Danshoku Dino with the Gaydo Clutch (14:57).

The R-1 World Grand Prix Final ended in a draw when both Tanomusaku Toba and DJ Nira only hit one Rocket Punch each. The match also had Masa Takanashi, Choun-Shiryu and the Kubota Brothers as judges.

DDT will return to Nagoya on 17th April at the Club Diamond Hall.


DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION DX EDITION” Results

January 13, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION DX EDITION”, 12/01/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
142 Fans

1. KUDO defeated Hiro Tsumaki with the High Kick (8:55).
2. Hikaru Sato defeated Rion Mizuki with a Heel Hold (12:33).
3. Yasu Urano defeated Akito with an Inside Cradle (10:25).
4. Minoru & Takao Soma defeated Shigehiro Irie & Kazuki Hirata when Soma pinned Hirata with the Diving Guillotine Drop (14:23).
5. HARASHIMA defeated Yukihiro Abe with the Somato (14:20).
6. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Splash Mountain (13:13).

A rough day for the youngsters as the DDT veterans ran right through them, winning all six matches. No surprising results here.


DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 8” Results

January 9, 2011

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 8”, 09/01/2011
Osaka Minami Move On Arena
308 Fans

1. Shoichi Uchida defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Diving Headbutt (8:52).
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated MIKAMI & Yukihiro Abe when GENTARO submitted Abe with the Sharphooter (10:33).
3. HARASHIMA defeated Tanomusaku Toba with the Somato (4:11).
4. KUDO & MIYAWAKI defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when KUDO pinned Dino with the Death Penalty (7:49).
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie when Ibushi pinned Ishii with the Phoenix Splash (11:35).
6. Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Antonio Honda, Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki when Soma pinned Sato with the Diving Guillotine Drop (15:42).
7. New Year’s Present Battle Royal: Kazuki Hirata defeated Danshoku Dino and Tigers Mask when both Dino and Tigers gave up due to injury (27:15).
*Order Of Elimination: Yasu Urano, HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi, Makoto Oishi, Yukihiro Abe, MIKAMI, MIYAWAKI, KUDO, Kanjuro Matsuyama, Keisuke Ishii, Kenny Omega, Shigehiro Irie, Hideki Shiota, GENTARO and Shoichi Uchida, DJ Nira, Danshoku Dino and Tigers Mask.

The Battle Royal saw Danshoku Dino, Tigers Mask and surprisingly Kazuki Hirata as the final three wrestlers in the ring. Hirata was hung upside down on the turnbuckles by the other two and ignored for the rest of the match. Tigers Mask injured his knee and Dino injured his arm and they eventually had each other in submission holds targeting their vulnerable limbs. They both gave up and the match was rewarded to Hirata, who was still upside down.