CRUISER’S GAME 11 Results

June 2, 2013

CRUISER’S GAME 11, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
190 Fans – No Vacancy

1. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Masa Takanashi defeated Marines Mask with a Sneak Attack (8:39).
2. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated El Samurai with the Death Valley Bomb (10:10).
3. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Katsumi Usuda defeated Kikutaro with an Achilles Tendon Hold (9:41).
4. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: MIKAMI defeated Onryo with the School Boy (10:35).
5. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final: Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Masa Takanashi with the Death Valley Bomb (2:34).
6. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final: MIKAMI defeated Katsumi Usuda with the School Boy (9:39).
7. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Final: Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated MIKAMI with the Death Valley Bomb (11:46).

Atsuo “Poison” Sawada was in attendance to present the grand prize to the winner. Tatsuhito Takaiwa won 500,000 yen but gave MIKAMI 50,000 yen as a show of thanks for creating the tournament.

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Samurai Masks Come In Medium, Top Of The Dramatic Junior Draw, Union Vs Ice Ribbon

May 20, 2013

msamurai

DDT “DRAMATIC 2013 JUNE SPECIAL”, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match – Mask Contra Mask: M Samurai Vs M.Samurai
1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Yuji Hino & Hoshitango

The Monster Army’s big guns are the first team to go after Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

A fake M Samurai is on the loose! Kazuki Hirata had his own custom made El Samurai mask when he joined the Samurai Sentai Samurai Rangers but it went missing and he had to wear a plastic bag with the mask drawn on it over his head ever since. The mask was last seen worn by Samurai TV! personality Miki Motoi but that is no guarantee she is the person Hirata will fight in the Mask Contra Mask dark match.

CRUISER’S GAME 11, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Masa Takanashi Vs Marines Mask
2. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: El Samurai Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa
3. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: Katsumi Usuda Vs Kikutaro
4. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1: MIKAMI Vs Onryo
5. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final A: Winner of Match #1 Vs Winner of Match #2
6. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final B: Winner of Match #3 Vs Winner of Match #4
7. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Final: Winner of Semi Final A Vs Winner of Semi Final B

No mention on if there are any non-tournament matches to act as a buffer between rounds.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN 2013”, 09/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs Tsukushi & Aoi Kizuka

Jun Kasai, Kaori Yoneyama and Madoka will also wrestle on the show.

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TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER

May 15, 2013

CRUISER’S GAME 11, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
2. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
3. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
4. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
5. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final:
6. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final:
7. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Final:

Competitors: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, El Samurai, Katsumi Usuda, Onryo, Kikutaro, Marines Mask, Masa Takanashi & MIKAMI

Cruiser’s Game presents the TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER one night tournament to celebrate the history of Jr. Heavyweight wrestling. A grand prize of ¥500,000 will be rewarded to the winner. The eight participants were announced today. They are:

Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(2000 Best of the Super Jr. winner, 38th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, 4th IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion, 2nd & 12th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

Tatsuhito Takaiwa has wrestled at three previous Cruiser’s Game shows and is a good friend of MIKAMI away from the ring.

El Samurai
(1997 Best of the Super Jr. winner, 19th & 30th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, 3rd, 16th & 25th IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion, 4th J-Crown Champion)

El Samurai is a stalwart of Jr. Heavyweight wrestling. MIKAMI thinks he is a perfect fit for the tournament in both talent and name value.

Katsumi Usuda
(Super J Cup 3rd STAGE participant, 2000 Best of the Super Jr. participant, 3rd & 5th Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

Katsumi Usuda probably has the most unique style of wrestling in the tournament. MIKAMI added him to spice things up.

Onryo
(Super J Cup 3rd STAGE participant, 39th UWA World Middleweight Champion)

MIKAMI has a long relationship with Onryo and considers him one of his main rivals.

Kikutaro
(Super J Cup 4th STAGE Special Attraction, 2003 Best of the Super Jr. participant)

Kikutaro is a longtime friend of MIKAMI’s, going back to when they were both young wrestlers unknown to the fans.

Marines Mask
(11th Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

MIKAMI wanted someone with Marines Mask’s charm to be in the tournament, so here he is.

Masa Takanashi
(40th KO-D Openweight Champion, 36th UWA World 6-Man Tag Champion)

MIKAMI has kept an eye on Masa Takanashi ever since his debut. He thinks Masa’s wrestling style is perfect for Cruiser’s Game and expects him to deliver some great performances in the tournament.

MIKAMI
(Super J Cup 4th STAGE Special Attraction, 8th & 14th KO-D Openweight Champion)

Naturally, MIKAMI thinks he is going to win the tournament.

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CRUISER’S GAME Results

March 6, 2011

CRUISER’S GAME, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
267 Fans

0. Battle Pink Ryota defeated Super Mask Man with a 450 plash (6:28).
1. Makoto Oishi, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga defeated KUDO, Yuki Sato & Madoka when Oishi pinned Sato with the Miracle Ecstasy (11:02).
2. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Tanomusaku Toba with a Single Leg Crab (9:42).
3. HERO! & Marines Mask defeated Darkside HERO! & Cosmo ☆ Soldier when HERO! pinned Darkside HERO! with the HERO! Driver (12:24).
4. El Samurai defeated Natsuki☆Taiyo with a Chickenwing Armlock (9:03).
5. Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku defeated The Great Sasuke & MIKAMI when Togo pinned MIKAMI with the Diving Senton (20:58).

This was the tenth Cruiser’s Game show to take place since its creation in 2005.

Apparently the Great Sasuke earned the nickname “Lord Weird Uncle” after this show.

Tanomusaku Toba suffered a broken nose in his match against Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. I think the injury happened from a stiff Kikuchi Elbow Smash. He has pulled out of Keisuke Ishii’s Produce Show set to be held later today.

The DDT roster set up a flea market where they sold loads of different merchandise throughout the three shows. Danshoku Dino was willing to bargain with fans if they would put themselves into a “strong position”. Cherry meanwhile set up a Nico Nico Curry stall.

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Tomorrow’s Card Plus Cruiser’s Game Update

February 26, 2011

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2011”, 27/02/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Keisuke Ishii & Akito Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
2. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
3. Kota Ibushi Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. ??? Battle Royal: DJ Nira, Tanomusaku Toba, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Danshoku Dino and Kazuki Hirata included so far.
5. No DQ Hair Vs Hair Match: Hikaru Sato Vs Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Due to GENTARO & Yasu Urano recently becoming the KO-D Tag Team Champions, their match against KUDO & Makoto Oishi has been upgraded into a title defence.

CRUISER’S GAME, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Battle Pink Ryota Vs Super Mask Man
2. El Samurai Vs Natsuki☆Taiyo
3. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. KUDO, Yuki Sato & Madoka Vs Makoto Oishi, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
5. HERO! & Marines Mask Vs Darkside HERO! & Cosmo ☆ Soldier
6. The Great Sasuke & MIKAMI Vs Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku

This isn’t the first time HERO! and Darkside HERO! will fight against each other. They were on opposide sides in a Tag match during last year’s DISASTER-BOX show during Beer Garden week. HARASHIMA was HERO! but I don’t know who played the Darkside version in that match.

Cosmo ☆ Soldier is said to come from Super ☆ China Pro Wrestling. Could it be Choun-Shiryu under another gimmick? We’ll see.

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New Matches for Cruiser’s Game, Ishii’s Show

February 18, 2011

CRUISER’S GAME, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. El Samurai Vs Natsuki☆Taiyo
2. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. Battle Pink Ryota Vs Super Mask Man
4. Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku Vs The Great Sasuke & MIKAMI

Battle Pink Ryota and Super Mask Man come from the SWS promotion which is run by students from Teikyo University in Tokyo. For anyone interested in seeing the fed in action, their Youtube channel can be found here.

Natsuki☆Taiyo is a female wrestler who is currently with the new STARDOM joshi promotion. She is also a two time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.

Other wrestlers scheduled to compete on the show include the return of HARASHIMA’s old gimmick HERO!, Marines Mask II, Cosmo ☆ Soldier, Makoto Oishi, Madoka and Yuki Sato.

DDT “KESIUKE ISHII’S PRODUCE SHOW”, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Tomimitsu Matsunaga
2. Tanomusaku Toba & Hikaru Sato Vs Kazuki Hirata & Hiro Tsumaki
3. Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Yukihiro Abe
4. 1990s Foreigner Royal Rumble
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Omori

All of the matches were decided by Keisuke Ishii himself. There will also be a dark match featuring fighters from Style-E. The 1990s Foreigner Rumble sounds like a lot of fun if it turns out to be the DDT roster impersonating different wrestlers from that time period. Unless I got the translation wrong and Keisuke somehow found himself 90 different foreign wrestlers to take part in the match (simply having Kenny Omega, Hoshitango and Choun-Shiryu entering 30 times each doesn’t count).

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More Shows Coming Up

February 12, 2011

The next couple of weeks is going to be very busy for DDT. Let’s have a look at what is in store for us, shall we?

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

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiro Tsumaki
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Hiro Tonai
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Akito Vs Kotaro Nasu
5. Keisuke Ishii & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Hiromu Takahashi & Shota

Hiromu Takahashi is one of the latest rookies produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Both Ryuichi Sekine and Hiro Tonai are from K-DOJO and Kotaro Nasu comes from Style-E.

DDT “FUNABASHI LEGEND AGAIN 2011”, 20/02/2011
Mitsui Garden Hotel Funabashi Lala Port

1. DJ Nira Vs Kikutaro
2. MIKAMI & KAORU Vs Minoru Fujita & Toshie Uematsu
3. Hikaru Sato, Tanomusaku Toba & Hoshitango Vs Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
4. Dick Togo & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Kota Ibushi & Keisuke Ishii
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano

GENTARO & Yasu Urano have been on a four match winning streak as a Tag Team since their last KO-D Tag Team Title shot against FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY. Meanwhile, Antonio Honda lost the KO-D Title Unification match while Daisuke Sasaki has been on the losing end of Tag matches against the GRANMA group. Does the team of GENTARO and Urano have enough momentum to unseat the champions and become the top duo in DDT?

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2011”, 27/02/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Keisuke Ishii & Akito Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
2. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
3. Kota Ibushi Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano
5. ??? Battle Royal: DJ Nira, Tanomusaku Toba, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Danshoku Dino and Kazuki Hirata included so far.
6. No DQ Hair Vs Hair Match: Hikaru Sato Vs Takao Soma
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Four months until Dick Togo calls time on his wrestling career. There are three KO-D Openweight Title defences planned between now and then with Togo retiring a month before the Sumo Hall show. Togo’s next defence is against HARASHIMA, who is gets his first chance at the title since losing it back in November.

No interference is allowed for the Hair Vs Hair match between Hikaru Sato and Takao Soma. We’ll see how Soma fares without having the rest of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation there to help him.

I may be wrong on the translation, but I think the winner of the Battle Royal will get to make his own match for this year’s Sumo Hall event. More entries will be announced eventually.

I have high hopes for Kota Ibushi Vs Shigehiro Irie, this could be a really fun match. Irie has been honing his skills while fighting for TKG48 in their feud with the Union Sekigun and a win against Ibushi would do wonders for his career.

CRUISER’S GAME, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku Vs The Great Sasuke & MIKAMI

UNION, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hikaru Sato
2. Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Mashimo & Madoka
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto)

DDT “KESIUKE ISHII’S PRODUCE SHOW”, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma

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New Shows Added To 2011

December 29, 2010

A special occassion for the Monthly Young Communication show as the DDT youngsters are pitted against the more established wrestlers from the promotion.

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

1. Shigehiro Irie & Kazuki Hirata Vs Takao Soma & X
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Hikaru Sato
3. Akito Vs Yasu Urano
4. Hiro Tsumaki Vs KUDO
5. Yukihiro Abe Vs HARASHIMA
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shuji Ishikawa

A double bill event is planned for 6th March. Both Union and CRUISER’S GAME will hold a show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING with some sort of Meet & Greet taking place afterwards.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION”, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

CRUISER’S GAME, 06/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

A correction on one of the results from “NEVER MIND 2010“. The Shit Heart ♥ Foundation Vs DISASTER-BOX trios match was only for the UWA World Trios Title, which DISASTER-BOX won. The Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Titles and Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Titles are still in the hands of Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga. With Toru Owashi now possibly done with DDT for the time being it is unknown what will happen to the UWA Titles.

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