Saitama Slam, Osaka Bay Blues, Watase Gets Otani, Final Union Title Matches

September 1, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

If Danshoku Dino can beat Shigehiro Irie, it will help #OhkaEmpire’s chances of getting a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot.

KAT-TOO have been working well as a team so far. They face tournament bound KUDO & Kota Umeda.

Normally Gota Ihashi would be in the Pigging 2015 team but he’s locked out of the show because of he is the King Of Dark Champion. Saki Akai has to take his place.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
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1. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

I don’t know what the grudge is between Masa Takanashi and Hiroshi Fukuda but it gets settled in Osaka.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
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1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry

Cherry has made it her goal to become the Fly To Everywhere Champion when Union closes down next month. This might be her only opportunity.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
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1. Azusa Debut Match: Azusa Vs Miyu Yamashita
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa’s ring name and profile will be revealed at a later date, possibly some time after her debut match.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
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1. Shunma Katsumata Vs Mao Inoue
2. Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kota Umeda
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan
5. Mizuki Watase Vs Shinjiro Otani
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Mizuki Watase was surprised to learn his opponent for his second pro wrestling match is Shinjiro Otani! Watase never thought he would get such a high profile match right after losing in his debut.

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1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Do Judge!!: Yukihiro Abe Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Texas Tornado Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka, GENTARO, Shota & Bambi Vs Minoru Fujita, Hi69 & Osamu Namiguchi

The main event features a mixture of alliances between Ganbare☆Wrestling and K-DOJO wrestlers. A grudge between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita is the focus but there is also the surprise return of Shota. There are also the shocks of Osamu Namiguchi siding with Fujita and Bambi siding with Ohka.

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The final match in Union should obviously be between the two aces fighting over the championship. Isami Kodaka requested Shuji Ishikawa to be his next and possibly last challenger for the Union MAX Title.


DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~” Results

August 23, 2015

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
6,670 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title: “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a School Boy (5:15).
*D8 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase Debut Match: Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase defeated when Akito submitted Watase with the Scorpion Lock (10:07).
2. Time Difference Tag Battle Royal: Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi defeated LiLiCo & Suguru Miyatake when Kong pinned Miyatake with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (16:41).
Order Of Elimination: MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata, Gorgeous Matsuno & Great Kojika, Hoshitango & Mio Shirai, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki, Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko and Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata.
3. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents Blindfold Bra Stripping Tiger Trap Death Match: Antonio Honda (c) defeated Masa Takanashi when Honda stripped Takanashi of his bra (15:10).
*V1 for Antonio Honda.
4. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tetsuya Endo with the German Suplex (13:32).
5. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai defeated Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura when Takagi pinned Higuchi with the Sit Down Himawaro Bomb (13:109.
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) defeated Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka when Takao pinned Ohka with the Gin And Tonic (12:35).
*V4 for Team Dream Futures.
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) when Ibushi pinned Sekimoto with the Phoenix Splash (21:33).
*Strong BJ fail in V5. The Golden☆Storm Riders become the 52nd KO-D Tag Team Champions!
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated HARASHIMA with the High Fly Flow (17:00).
9. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated KUDO (c) with the Right Knee Of God (21:20).
*KUDO fails in V1. Yukio Sakaguchi becomes the 54th KO-D Openweight Champion!

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The biggest DDT show on the calander has come and gone for another year. Sumo Hall was host to the seventh “PETER PAN” supershow, so called because everybody in DDT are adults who refuse to grow up. However long time followers of the company should notice something odd about the attendence. This was the seventh straight Super No Vacancy Full House for “PETER PAN” but DDT only announced a crowd of 6,670 fans in attendance. That is around 2,000-2,500 less than their previous announced attendances in the building. Even weirder is how the show has been advertised as being sold out for weeks until more seats near the entrance (which was a lot bigger this year) were made available days before the show. Either DDT booked less seats in the building this year or maybe they are being more honest about their crowd numbers. DDT will have two shows in Sumo Hall next year on 21st March and 28th August. It will be interesting to see what they draw for both events. Also this was a really long show. The dark match began at 13:45 local time and ended at around 19:00.

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The main event was between two good friends turned rivals. KUDO put the KO-D Openweight Title on the line against Yukio Sakaguchi in the battle of Shuten-dōji. Sakaguchi went into the match with his hair, beard and eyebrows dyed gold for the occassion. The third member of the stable Masa Takanashi spent the match standing at a neutral corner, refusing to pick a side. The match was as kick heavy as expected. Sakaguchi kicked out of the Diving Double Knee Drop while KUDO survived the Cobra Clutch. Sakaguchi ran to the ropes for the Penalty Kick but KUDO met him on the rebound with a Backspin Kick. KUDO went for the Diving Double Knee Drop again but Sakaguchi met him with the Flying Knee Strike followed by the Right Knee Of God in the corner for the three count.

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KUDO was stunned by the result but accepted defeat and wrapped the belt around Sakaguchi’s waist. After the two hugged each other Sakaguchi was handed the giant cheque of 2 million yen from Good Com Assets. All of Shuten-dōji agreed to literally split the cheque three ways and share it with each other. Sakaguchi spoke on the mic and said he lived a life well worn. Today he arrived at this wonderful ring after wrestling for three years. He said he achieved his dream ambition of winning the KO-D Title and he did so on the big stage along with his “big brother” KUDO. Sakaguchi said tomorrow will be the beginning of his second chapter and he challenged anyone to take the belt from him. The show ended with all three approaching a shrine placed by the ring entrance. Sakaguchi stood in the shrine and was lifted up by the DDT wrestlers. He was paraded around ringside to celebrate his championship victory before reuniting with KUDO & Takanashi for a toast that involved banging a festival drum and drinking sake.

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Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated HARASHIMA in the Dramatic Dream Match between two aces. HARASHIMA had the crowd support in his favour but Tanahashi took control by targeting his opponent’s left knee. The crowd booed but Tanahashi ignored it to focus on the match. However he did take time to play the air guitar while working the knee for more heel heat. HARASHIMA turned the tables when he sent Tanahashi into the turnbuckles with the John Woo Dropkick. Foot Stomps and a Superplex couldn’t put the New Japan superstar away and he regained control with the Dragon Screw followed by a Texas Cloverleaf. HARASHIMA fought back with a High Kick but his Somato attempt was countered into the Sling Blade. HARASHIMA eventually hit the Somato but was in too much pain to get the pin in time. He went for the Swan Dive Somato but Tanahashi avoided it. HARASHIMA hit a stiff punch out of desperation but Tanahashi gave him the Dharma Suplex and won with the the High Fly Flow. After the match HARASHIMA offered to shake hands but Tanahashi refused. Tanahashi recently said in a podcast that he hates shaking hands after a match and he doesn’t understand why some wrestlers do it immediately after a heated fight. Tanahashi vented his frustrations in the post-match interview.

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Finally one of the strongest teams in Japan was defeated to bring the KO-D Tag Team Titles back to DDT. The Golden☆Storm Riders beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi when Kota Ibushi pinned Sekimoto for the first time in his career. Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki had some help with a trolley at ringside to wheel the champions down the entrance ramp to the ringside floor. Sasaki did a high risk dive off the top rope to a seated Okabayashi at ringside. The champions powered their way into control and German Suplexed Sasaki into oblivion. The Riders came back when Sasaki lifted up Sasaki in the Electric Chair position on the ring apron. Ibushi jumped onto the top rope behind them, grabbed Sekimoto and German Suplexed him into the ring! Sasaki wiped out Okabayashi with a Suicide Dive allowing Ibushi to pin Sekimoto with the Phoenix Splash.

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Ken Ohka is the most important part of the Gunma Wrestle Dream Factory, at least according to Super Sasadango Machine’s PowerPoint presentation. The presentations is title “How Ken Ohka is the 6-Man Tag Team Champion” and it contained a secret Sasadango discovered about Ohka. Aparrantly on 8th April, 1977 Ohka’s parents visited Tokyo to watch Antonio Inoki fight Muhammad Ali. That was also the night when Ken Ohka was conceived which means Inoki’s fighting spirit is indirectly tied to Ohka’s genes! Illustrations of Ohka doing Inoki’s grounded leg kicks were shown on the screen. The plan was fot Ohka to cut down Team Drift with the Leg Kicks then shove their faces into Danshoku Dino’s backside. The parasites in Dino’s rear end will fill the victim’s nasal cavity and render him light headed, allowing Sasadango to finish the job. The plan didn’t work as intended. Team Drift weren’t going to lose the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles when they were debuting new outfits. Soma Takao was hit with Ohka’s Leg Kicks, Dino’s Danshoku Driver and then Sasadango’s Vertical Drop Lehmann Shock but he was saved by his partners from getting pinned. Ohka went for the Spear Of Flame but Keisuke Ishii stopped him dead with the Kneel Kick. Takao then hit the Gin And Tonic to score a successful title defence and remain undefeated in “PETER PAN”. After the match Dino, Sasadango & Ohka regrouped and decided on a new permanent unit name. Taking inspiration on Ohka’s growth from young lion to champion they chose the name #OhkaEmpire (#大家帝国). They asked for a title rematch to take place at Korakuen Hall on 27th September but Ishii refused and the champs walked out.

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“Thunder Storm” played over the speakers to mark the one time appearance of Genichiro Tenryu in DDT! Saki Akai wore a new all white costume to mark the occasion while Meiko Satomura tried her best to keep Tenryu and Shuji Ishikawa from going at it before the bell. Tenryu punched her in the face. He did it again to counter a Short Range Lariat. Satomura got some measure of revenge with a few Low Kicks. She had a much easier time in the ring with Akai. Tenryu did more of his punches but this time to Kazusada Higuchi. The match broke down with all six fighting in the ring until Sanshiro Takagi slammed Higuchi with the Spiccoli Driver and then joined Tenryu in giving Higuchi a Lariat Sandwich. One Sit Down Himawari Bomb later and it was all over.

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Tetsuya Endo is back and Konosuke Takeshita got new wrestling gear to celebrate. They also had a match together. Both men wanted to steal the show and went full blast. Endo was surely trying to make up for lost time. He went for the Sky Twister Press but missed, allowing Takeshita to hit a Lariat and then the German Suplex to win. This was Takeshita’s first win in a “PETER PAN” show as well as in Sumo Hall.

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I write up a paragraph about how today could be Antonio Honda’s time in the spotlight. Then Honda picks a wacky stipulation for his DDT Extreme Title defence involving bras, blindfolds and a gigantic claw trap. I really should have seen this coming. Honda wanted a match based on fear and decided a Blindfold Bra Stripping Tiger Trap Death Match was most suitable. Both himself and Masa Takanashi had to wear a blindfold and a bra. Meanwhile a large tiger trap was placed in the ring for them to avoid. The match could be won by usual means or by stripping the opponent of his bra. Late in the match, Honda found a mic and told the audience to give him their bras so he could power up just like how Goku can gather energy from other living beings! Cameraman Norikazu Fujioka answered the call and took his shirt off to reveal his bra. Honda said needed more. Suddenly Michael Nakazawa appears wearing a bra! Nakazawa said he took a flight from Singapore this morning to be at the show and he wants to help his friend Honda. Honda was given the bras and he wrapped them around his fist. He climbed the ropes and delivered the Diving Fist Drop… right into the tiger trap! Takanashi got his hands on Honda and tried to capitalise with the Takatonic but he himself then stepped onto the tiger trap! Honda ripped off Takanashi’s bra and was declared the winner! Takanashi had to drag along the tiger trap stuck to his leg as he walked backstage.

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LiLiCo made her official pro wrestling debut despite winning the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title at last year’s “PETER PAN” show. She was in a Tag Team Battle Royal with Suguru Miyatake as her partner and wore an eye-catching black outfit with wings and face paint over her eyes. She & Miyatake were one of the final two teams along with Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi. Kong was holding the Iron Man Title LiLiCo wanted but Kong was too powerful for both her and Miyatake. Kong pinned Miyatake but after the match raised LiLiCo’s hand as a show of respect. LiLiCo snuck behind Kong and School Boyed her to try and win the Iron Man Title but Kong kicked out. Kong angrily told LiLiCo “Welcome to professional wrestling!” and challenged LiLiCo to try and take the belt from her anytime, anyplace.

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Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase both made their debuts in the opening match. Inoue wore black and purple camouflage shorts while Watase’s ring gear was in black and gold. They were put through the grind by Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu. Akito even dared them to do their best Dropkicks on him. The rookies showed some spirit but Akito put an end to it when he tapped out Watase with the Scorpion Lock.

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“Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa didn’t understand the rules of the King Of Dark Championship and before the match began said he will win the title. Gota Ihashi convinced the ref to do fast counts but it backfired when Ichikawa pinned him and got a fast three count. Afterwards Ichikawa was confused because he wasn’t given the championship for winning the match. Ihashi tried to retire the belt but Amon Tsurumi refused to let it happen. Stalker demanded to have the belt. Tsurumi told him to go back to Kobe.

Kota Ibushi will release his autobiography on 28th October. There will be two versions available: “The Strongest Edition” and “The Most Mad Edition”.

Two guest names were announced for “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015” on 28th November. Comedians RG and Ryota Yamasato will both wrestle at the show. Yamasato was sitting by the commentary table during the announcement and he was surprised to learn he will be wrestling.

Muscle Sakai will film DDT’s second movie “DDT Liberal Arts Pro Wrestling” later this year. The first movie “DDT Wrestling Cannonball 2014” was released on DVD today and available at the show.

This was already announced back in February but as a reminder DDT will hold two shows in Sumo Hall next year. The dates are 21st March and 28th August. A Falls Count Anywhere Street Wrestling Treasure Hunt match was confirmed for the 21st March show.


DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” Preview

August 20, 2015

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa
1. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase Debut Match: Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Time Difference Tag Battle Royal: Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi Vs LiLiCo & Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno & Great Kojika Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko Vs Hoshitango & Mio Shirai
3. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

In just a few short days DDT will be in Sumo Hall for the seventh annual “PETER PAN” extravaganza! You’d think the area would be sick of pro wrestling after last week but ticket sales suggest otherwise. The show is almost entirely sold out and DDT had to open up extra seats next to the stage to meet demand. The big stories surrounding the show are a dream match between a once in a lifetime talent and the indie world’s strongest warrior, a battle between two brothers in arms over DDT’s greatest prize, two Storm Riders attempting to take gold from some strong style golems, a trio of lifelong companions getting the band back together in search of glory, a grumpy old sumo’s short stay during his journey to retirement, the return of a future main eventer in the making, a day in the limelight for one of DDT’s longest serving wrestlers and some new blood making their debut.

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0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa

But before we get to all that we have to get through the pre-show. Created back in February, the King Of Dark Title has been an albatross for some of the worst and unluckiest wrestlers in DDT. Those who hold the championship are banished to wrestle in dark matches until they win. Still, it’s more valuable than the King Of The Mountain Title. Gota Ihashi has been the face of the championship for it’s short history, racking up a total of 18 defeats/defences during his two reigns. Ihashi has done everything he could to get rid of the belt but every plan has ended in failure. His embarrassment continues when he goes against one of the most legendary losers in pro wrestling, “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa! Ihashi is confident in his ability to win but he should underestimate Stalker at his peril! I’m pretty sure Stalker has won more matches than Ihashi ever did.

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1. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase Debut Match: Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase

The opener features the debut of two new wrestlers. Mao Inoue is an 18 year old Youtube wrestler from Miyagi who was scouted by Sanshiro Takagi. Mizuki Watase is a 24 year old comedian from Nagano and is most known for his work in Tenori Tiger. They were both surprised to learn their debut match is taking place so soon in Sumo Hall. They will be placed in the ring with DNA wrestlers Ryota Nakatsu and Kota Umeda as well as veterans Yasu Urano & Akito. Akito’s inclusion here is pretty disappointing to be honest. He was on fire with his DDT Extreme Title run throughout the year. Him in the opening match centred around the rookies is a step down. However DDT has a knack for discovering talented new wrestlers lately. The DNA shows have been proof of that and Nakatsu is one of the stand outs. Akito might be just the guy needed to help break in the rookies.

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2. Time Difference Tag Battle Royal: Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi Vs LiLiCo & Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno & Great Kojika Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko Vs Hoshitango & Mio Shirai

Usually the Battle Royal match in these shows are for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. However this year is a little bit different. We’re getting a Tag Team Battle Royal and all of the attention is on the official pro wrestling debut of LiLiCo. The half Swedish, half Japanese celebrity was a guest on last year’s show and she ended up winning the Iron Man Title. This time she’s back to give pro wrestling a proper go. She picked Suguru Miyatake as her partner after he impressed her with his physique. Unfortunately for LiLiCo, the current Iron Man champion Aja Kong demanded to be in the match and is forcing Makoto Oishi to team with her. Kong is setting her sights on LiLiCo and looking to end her wrestling career before it even begins.

The rest of the field is made up of DDT regulars and a few guests. MIKAMI left DDT a few months ago to become a freelancer but he returns to team with the promising rookie Shunma Katsumata. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki recently formed Pigging 2015 with Gota Ihashi much to the annoyance of everyone else. Gorgeous Matsuno & The Great Kojika are here to be the classy old gentlemen who puts the young whipper-snappers in their place. Kazuki Hirata wants to dance while Toru Owashi has to tolerate him. Hiroshi Fukuda combines his American sports entertainment style with the power of Yoshihiko to form a force of unbelievable strength. Last but not least Hoshitango & Mio Shirai make up the team of random character selects from a custom Fire Pro Wrestling save. Shirai will be retiring on 20th September and said she is happy to be in a crazy DDT battle royal one last time.

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3. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Antonio Honda has had quite the career in DDT. He’s been a Cuban manager with Tourette’s, an Italian drug lord, a Hawaiian Ricky Steamboat knock off and a kleptomaniac soldier. He introduced Hulk Hogan Gymnastics to the world and just recently had the honour of fighting an invisible Mel Gibson. But the spotlight has never really been on him for long. There was that one night at the end of 2010 when he became the Interim KO-D Openweight Champion but that was short lived. Honda accepts that he is approaching his twilight years in the ring but he’s not giving up just yet. Every dog has his day and Honda could get his inside Sumo Hall. An upset victory over Akito in July earned Honda the DDT Extreme Title. Unfortunately since then his feel good story has been interrupted by Masa Takanashi. Honda lost a few non-title matches to Takanashi, who later became the No. 1 Contender for the Extreme Title.

Takanashi remembers when he fought Danshoku Dino for the Extreme Title at the very first “RYOGOKU PETER PAN” back in 2009. He lost then but he intends to win the belt this time. Honda is keeping the stipulation for the match a secret until the day of the show. All he will say is the match will use fear as a theme and it is inspired by a previous match the two had together. Honda says the rules scare even himself and he must overcome that fear to defend his title.

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4. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo

Tetsuya Endo has been out of action for four months when he broke his third metatarsal in his left foot. For his return, Endo will face his Happy Motels tag team partner Konosuke Takeshita in a battle between two of DDT’s future main eventers. Endo is believes this match is as important to him as a championship match and he will treat it as such. He’s been working backstage and at ringside during DDT’s shows while he recovered and has seen in person the improvement in Takeshita’s Dropkick. Takeshita said he will go full force from the beginning and he thinks this match will be fighting against the two main events for the best bout of the show.

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5. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura

The legendary Genichiro Tenryu will wrestle in DDT for the first and only time this Sunday. This won’t be the weirdest thing he’s ever done in wrestling, that would be dressing up as HG in HUSTLE. Tenryu sent in some words about the other wrestlers in his match. He noted Sanshiro Takagi’s dexterity and how nothing ever worries him. He is quite pleased to team with Saki Akai and knows her father’s history in boxing. Akai is hoping she will inherit Tenryu’s patented Goo Punch. That is a lot better for her than the original idea of Tenryu Vs Akai in a singles match. Tenryu calls Shuji Ishikawa a natural wrestler and acknowledges the physical fitness of his fellow sumo Kazusada Higuchi. Due to their sumo backgrounds Higuchi has a few similar qualities with Tenryu and some of Higuchi’s movements does remind me of Tenryu. Higuchi admits he is nervous to be in the same ring as Tenryu but he wants Tenryu to fight him with all of his body and soul. Meanwhile Akai is preparing for Meiko Satomura and remembers when they fought last November. Satomura submitted her with a Sleeper Hold and she’s been frustrated over the results ever since.

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6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka

Last year Team Dream Futures were the challengers, this year they are the champions. Team Drift currently have the most successful KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title run in the belts’ history with three successful defences (it’s a hot potato championship). Facing them is a trio reunited by the power of friendship. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine and Ken Ohka consider each other close friends from the same generation of DDT wrestlers. However Ohka has been missing from this group for years. He’s been busy forming a new identity as the leader of Ganbare☆Wrestling. Ohka even did the unthinkable and very briefly became the KO-D Openweight Champion back in June. It took some convincing but Ohka is back in DDT as a new man. Together with Dino & Sasadango they are the Gamba Wrestle Dream Factory.

Happy reunions aside the challengers have a big challenge ahead of them. Team Drift are one of the longest running stables in DDT. Also Soma Takao is still undefeated at “PETER PAN” with a 6-0 record. Tensions flared at the press conference when Keisuke Ishii gave a lot of praise to Dino and Sasadango but gave Ohka a backhanded compliment. Ohka took offence and dared Ishii to slap him. He did. Ohka then dared Takao to slap him. He did. Ohka then dared Shigehiro Irie to hit him. Irie sent him reeling with a headbutt. The challengers left to get Ohka some treatment but he returned and dared Irie to headbutt him again! Irie did so and Ohka was left in tears from the pain.

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7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki

The unfortunately named Strong BJ have been unstoppable in DDT ever since they won the KO-D Tag Team Titles in Saitama Super Arena back in February. It seems like there is no one in DDT capable of beating Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi. Right now it seems like DDT’s last hope of ever reclaiming the belts lie with Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki. However Ibushi is no doubt tired after the G1 Climax and Sasaki has had no luck with trying to beat Okabayashi in the meantime. The flash Hurricanrana Sasaki has used to great effect all year did not work on Big Japan’s golem. He is still confident that himself & Ibushi are the strongest team on Earth and will take down the champs. He gave himself & Ibushi a 65% chance of winning. Okabayashi’s response is he & Sekimoto will crush the challengers with 120% of their strength. While Sasaki and Okabayashi are arguing over percentages, Sekimoto was probably just thinking “Not this shit again” to himself.

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8. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

It’s not closing out the show but this is the marquee match. The ace of DDT versus the ace of New Japan. Or if you want to be cynical, the John Cena of DDT versus the John Cena of New Japan. Either way “___WinsLOL” can apply to either result. But why be negative about this? We’re going to get a great match. HARASHIMA has been on top of his game this year and if anyone deserves a shot against this year’s G1 winner, it’s him. Hiroshi Tanahashi previously wrestled in DDT at last year’s “PETER PAN” against Konosuke Takeshita. He sent a message to DDT saying HARASHIMA is a refreshing challenger and he expects HARASHIMA to bring his A-game. HARASHIMA called Tanahashi “the most delicious opponent” now that he is coming into the show as the G1 winner.

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9. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

The semi-main event has the most attention but the main event is the most dramatic match on this card. To sweeten the deal a 2 million yen cash prize will be awarded to the winner courtesy of the match’s sponsor Good Com Asset. The KO-D Openweight Title is also on the line between two wrestlers who consider each other as brothers. They share a bond over fine liquor but the high tension of main eventing DDT’s biggest show of the year nearly split them apart. KUDO has been champion for most of the summer and did not flinch when Yukio Sakaguchi won the King Of DDT tournament to earn this title shot. However a series of defeats created a rift between the two and KUDO started to question whether or not Sakaguchi deserved to have the title shot. Sakaguchi himself had doubts and at one point even requested to be removed from the match! However fortunes turned around and Sakaguchi found his way back to a winning streak. Sakaguchi regained his confidence and warned KUDO that he was coming for him and the title! Their friendship was still frosty as they fought each other in tag matches up until the end of Beer Garden week. The two were full of mutual respect for each other and fist bumped to signal a recovery of their friendship. With all of the bad blood out now of the way there is nothing stopping them from going all out to prove who is more deserving to be champion. KUDO calls this match a clash of souls and promises to drink the most delicious alcohol in his life when he wins.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~” Results

August 1, 2015

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 01/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Owashi pinned Miyatake with La Magistral Cradle (12:27).
2. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata when Honda pinned Katsumata with the Diving Fist Drop (9:54).
3. KUDO defeated Kota Umeda with the Diving Double Knee Drop (11:29).
4. New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai ended in a No Contest because of a Traffic Accident (21:22).
5. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Soma Takao with the Right Knee Of God (12:02).
6. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Masa Takanashi defeated Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Kazuki Hirata and Hiroshi Fukuda (28:54).
6a. Over The Top Rope Only Match: Kazuki Hirata eliminated Makoto Oishi by Ring Out (4:34).
6b. Blindfold Match: Hiroshi Fukuda eliminated Kazuki Hirata with a Cradle (17:08).
6c. One Count Match: Yasu Urano eliminated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Jackknife Pin (20:38).
6d. Texas Tiger Cub Rope Match: Masa Takanashi eliminated Yasu Urano with the Takatonic (28:54).

The main event was a 5 Way Elimination match to determine the No. 1 Contender for the DDT Extreme Title. Each fall was fought under a different rule set calling back to a variety of stipulation matches from the past. The match begun while Kazuki Hirata was making his entrance and the first fall was Over The Top Rope only. Hirata and Makoto Oishi fought on the apron and Oishi hit a Stunner. He tried the Miracle Ecstasy but Hirata avoided it and Dropkicked Oishi to the floor to eliminate him. The next fall was a Blindfold Match. The four wrestlers all stumbled around ringside trying to find each other. Hirata sang loudly to try and lure his opponents towards him. At one point everybody was almost counted out of the ring but they all managed to find the apron and roll in at 19. Yukinori Matsui was mistaken for a wrestler several times and Lariated some of the wrestlers out of self defence. Hirata somehow found his HIRATA GO! glasses and put them on over his blindfold. He tripped over Hiroshi Fukuda while dancing and got pinned. The 3rd fall had One Count Pinfall rules and after a frantic minute of pinning attempts, Yasu Urano rolled over Fukuda with a Jackknife Pin for the elimination. The match came down to Urano and Masa Takanashi in the return of the Texas Tiger Cub Rope Match. A tiger rope with a stuffed tiger toy attached to it linked Urano and Takanashi together. Takanashi used Matsui as a human shield to block Urano and then hit the Takatonic to win the Extreme Title shot.

The champion Antonio Honda confronted Takanashi after the match and challenged him to a non-title match on the final day of Beer Garden week.

A chop battle between Konosuke Takeshita and Tomomitsu Matsunaga transformed into a bodybuilding posedown between the two. Later in the match Antonio Honda called out the late Roddy Piper when he applied a Sleeper Hold.

In the opening match Suguru Miyatake got a boost in power from his fitness drink. However Sanshiro Takagi negated it by force feeding Miyatake beer while he was applying a Camel Clutch to Toru Owashi.

Tetusya Endo made an appearance to talk about his return match with Takeshita. Endo aims to beat Takeshita and not just have a good match. Takeshita said the timing of Endo’s return is perfect and he is prepared for Endo to be 120% at Sumo Hall.

Beer Garden was the most fitting event for KUDO to announce their own alcohol product. DRAMATIC DREAM TASTE will be sold in the Dropkick Bar and Ebisuko Tavern from 10th August onwards.

It wouldn’t be Beer Garden week without a scary ghost story from guest Hisaya Imabayashi. When the match began all the wrestlers decided to get drinks and prepare for storytime instead of fighting each other. However after three minutes Imabayashi was nowhere to be seen. Kazusada Higuchi came out and told everyone that Imabayashi was running late because of a traffic accident. Danshoku Dino decided that every wrestler will try to tell their own ghost story. Akito went first but he spoke too fast. Shigehiro Irie went next but he struggled to read the Chinese letters and asked Keisuke Ishii to help him. When it was Ishii’s turn he instead talked about why the Triple Crown is better than the IWGP Title. Dino admitted that was the scariest story so far. Saki Akai skipped her turn so she could drink more beer with the audience. HARASHIMA was the last hope to save this segment and he told his story:

“One summer day a man killed his pregnant wife and buried her corpse under a tree in a park. A few years later the man walked past the tree and saw a kid crying beneath it. He asked the child “What is wrong? Where is your mother?” The boy looked at him and asked “Why?”

Why?

…
…
…

Because I practice!!!”

HARASHIMA posed with a cheesy grin as his music played over the speakers, completely forgetting he was supposed to tell a scary story and not his catchphrase. Dino gave up and began to cry until Imabayashi at last showed up. He apologised for being late, he crashed his car into a telephone pole. Dino asked him to quickly read a ghost story. He did:

“One summer day a man killed his pregnant wife and buried her corpse under a tree in a park. A few years later the man walked past the tree and saw a kid crying beneath it. He asked the child “What is wrong? Where is your mother?” The boy pointed at the tree. The man then asked “Where is your father?” The boy looked at him and said “My dad… is you!”

Dino was satisfied with the scary story. Imabayashi said he was amazaed to hear “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” was sold out. Dino asked him who he was looking forward to seeing. Imabayashi yelled “It’s you!” and pointed at Dino, making him faint. He then did the same to the other wrestlers, making them faint one by one. He even did it to Matsui. “Wild Thing” then played over the speakers and Imabayashi threw bottles of holy water over the audience. While this was going on Higuchi came back out and said he had a phone call from Imabayashi’s wife. She said Imabayashi had died in a car crash earlier today…

The End.


DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015” Results

July 19, 2015

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015”, 19/07/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title – Handicap Count Rules: Yasu Urano defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with an Oklahoma Roll (4:29).
*D3 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Toru Owashi & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda when Higuchi submitted Umeda with the Canadian Backbreaker (8:56).
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Masa Takanashi & Saki Akai defeated Kazuki Hirata & Hiroshi Fukuda and Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hoshitango when Akai pinned both Hirata & Fukuda with a Jackknife Pin (4:59).
3. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Makoto Oishi defeated Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao & Shunma Katsumata when Machine pinned Takao with the Vertical Drop Lehmann Shock (10:09).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Fall To The Hell Match: Antonio Honda defeated Akito (c) by Ring Out with a Dropkick (11:49).
*Akito fails in V4. Antonio Honda becomes the 33rd DDT Extreme Champion!
5. Dramatic Pioneer Final Suicide! MIKAMI DDT Affiliation Final Match: MIKAMI, Isami Kodaka & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated KUDO, HARASHIMA & Sanshiro Takagi when MIKAMI pinned Takagi with the Sliding School Boy (12:44).
6. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Hideyoshi Kamitani defeated Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Sekimoto pinned Sasaki with the Deadlift German Suplex (19:34).
7. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Right Knee Of God (19:00).

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After several weeks of setbacks and self-doubt Yukio Sakaguchi finally overcame Shigehiro Irie in the main event of today’s show. For the last month Irie had Sakaguchi’s number everytime they faced off and they wasted no time from the get go. KUDO watched the match from the commentary table knowing that he will be defending the KO-D Openweight Title against either wrestler at Sumo Hall next month. Irie hit the Flying Sausage, Teddy Bear and Beast Bomber but Sakaguchi wouldn’t stay down. Sakaguchi locked in a Sleeper Hold but Irie escaped and hit a Fire Thunder Driver for two. Sakaguchi Headbutted his way out of the Vertical Drop Back Flip and unleashed High Kicks to Irie, finishing him off with the Right Knee Of God. Sakaguchi praised Irie after the match and thanked GM Amon Tsurumi for not listening to his selfish plea of being removed from the Sumo Hall main event. Sakaguchi then called in KUDO and they had a staredown. Masa Takanashi tried to keep both of them calm but KUDO put his hand up to his mouth to shut him up. Sakaguchi told KUDO their match will be a war and they will kill each other for the KO-D Title.

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The Golden☆Storm Riders and Strong BJ had their final skirmish before the big KO-D Tag Team Title match. The 6-Man Tag saw Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki push Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi into each other with trolleys. Strong BJ fought back with a triple Torture Rack spot in the ring. Ibushi stopped a German Suplex pin from Sekimoto by Double Stomping onto him. Unfortunately for Sasaki he got tossed around some more including a Double German from the tag champs. Sasaki’s flash Hurricanrana was blocked and Sekimoto destroyed him with the Lariat followed by the Deadlift German Suplex. In the post-match interview Ibushi said Sasaki was damaged pretty badly but he’ll recover in time for Sumo Hall. Meanwhile Ibushi will now focus on the G1 Climax that begins tomorrow.

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After being with DDT for its entire 18 year existence MIKAMI has finished up his contract and is now a freelancer. DDT gave him a special sending off even though he is still going to wrestle for them from time to time. MIKAMI gave a speech thanking everyone for supporting him and continuing to support him. He also gave special mention to Gorgeous Matsuno and said they will team again someday.

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Akito’s reign as DDT Extreme Champion has come to an end after Antonio Honda beat him in a Fall To The Hell Match. The ropes and turnbuckle pads were removed from the ring and the match could be won by ring out as well as pinfall or submission. There was a lot of ground wrestling as both men didn’t want to risk getting knocked out of the ring. Akito busted open Honda with Headbutts but Honda won out in the end when he Dropkicked Akito out of the ring. Honda said blood on his face is like beautiful make-up on a beautiful woman. It was announced afterwards that Honda will have his first defence at Sumo Hall. His opponent will be determined on 1st August. Honda is thrilled to have a big title match at Sumo Hall.

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Due to the warm summer weather Super Sasadango Machine did not wear his usual long wrestling tights for his match. He also had a migraine so he did not create a PowerPoint presentation in time for the match. Danshoki Dino & Makoto Oishi asked how long it would take to make one and he said 5 minutes. Dino & Oishi told Sasadango to go make it and they will wrestle without him. Sasadango finished it and midway through the match he begun his analysis. He compared his opponents to the Takeda Cavalry from the Warring States period of Japanese history. The Takeda Cavalry was defeated with guns in the Battle Of Nagashino so Sasadango’s team should do something similar, just instead of guns they should use their asses. Sasadango said the anus is their muzzle, the rectum is their barrel and that’s where the bullet exits from (I can’t believe I’m typing this). He then revealed his plan “The Anal Three Stage Shoot”. The plan was for all three to use ass based offence and it worked! The trio won the match and look like they will be challenging for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles at Sumo Hall.

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The 3 Way Tag devolved into dancing and fighting over the Hirata GO! glasses. Takanashi rolled over both Kazuki Hirata & Hiroshi Fukuda for a near fall. Saki Akai then followed up with a Double Jackknife Pin and that was enough to get the win. Hirata & Fukuda argued over who lost after the match.

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Kazusada Higuchi has a new entrance song. He tapped out Kota Umeda by countering the Tornado Bomb into the Canadian Backbreaker.

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Even with all the rules in his favour Gota Ihashi could not beat Yasu Urano in the King Of Dark Title match. Urano was being punished for losing the KO-D Title to Ken Ohka and only had to be pinned for 1 second to lose the match. However an Oklahoma Roll saved him from dark match hell. Ihashi then found out his next title match will be at Sumo Hall against Dragon Gate’s own lovable loser “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa! Ihashi thinks this is the match that will finally free him from his nightmare.

More matches were booked for “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”. Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai will take on Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura. Also Tetsuya Endo returns from injury and his first match back is against his tag team partner Konosuke Takeshita!


Fall To The Hell, Drunk Gibberish

July 13, 2015

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015”, 19/07/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – Handicap Count Rules: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Yasu Urano
1. 3 Way Tag Match: Kazuki Hirata & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi & Saki Akai Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hoshitango
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda Vs Toru Owashi & Kazusada Higuchi
3. Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao & Shunma Katsumata Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Makoto Oishi
4. Dramatic Pioneer Final Suicide! MIKAMI DDT Affiliation Final Match: MIKAMI, Isami Kodaka & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs KUDO, HARASHIMA & Sanshiro Takagi
5. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fall To The Hell Match: Akito (c) Vs Antonio Honda

Antonio Honda did a good job convincing Akito for a DDT Extreme Title match. They will fight under Fall Into The Hell rules. The ring ropes will be removed and victory can be achieved by pinfall, submission or knocking the opponent out of the ring.

There is no official stipulation added to Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie. However if Irie beats Sakaguchi again for the third time this month it will surely lead to changes in the Sumo Hall main event.

DDT “SHUTEN-DOJI BOX OFFICE ~WHAT ARE CHERRY BLOOSOMS WITHOUT ALOCOHOL~”, 22/07/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. He Can’t Stand Anymore, That’s Enough, Oh God Save Him – Punch Drunk Glove Match: Hoshitango & Kosei Kubota Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Kota Umeda
2. Sakura Feast Soon, Greedy Old Hag In Longevity, Gorgeous’ Friendly Premature Death, Gorgeous Brahman No Return: Masa Takanashi, Emi Sakura & Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Soon Men And Women Will Quietly Sleep Drunk 5 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Soma Takao Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Saki Akai
4. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka

I’m just taking wild guesses at the match name translations at this point. Please understand.


DDT Vs Osaka, MIKAMI’s Final Road, Ganbare Knockin’ On Your Door

July 8, 2015

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 2 ~WITHOUT SUBTITLE~”, 12/07/2015
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. Lucha Vs Lucha! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tsubasa, Billyken Kid & HAYATA
2. To Look For The Things Left Behind From Those Days – Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Atsushi Maruyama
3. Naniwa Shocked! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
4. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Special 3 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
5. Road To RYOGOKU Special Tag Match: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
6. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Akito & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi
7. To Verify The Balance Of A Healthy Body And A Healthy Soul: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shoichi Uchida Vs Seiya Morohashi, Suguru Miyatake & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
8. MIKAMI DDT Final Road: MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi
9. Team Drift Vs Wrestling Masters: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs HUB & Daisuke Sasaki

Fairly certain that is not going to be the match order on the day.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA DASH”, 18/07/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. 1 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Hyper Misao & MIZUHO
2. Saki Akai & KANNA Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Ai Shimizu Vs Akane Miura
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Shoko Nakajima Vs Nonoko

The semi final draw for the Tokyo Princess Cup will take place at the end of the show.

UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015”, 18/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryu Gouma Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Match: Mio Shirai & HAYATA Vs Cherry & Kaji Tomato
3. FUMA, MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
4. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Madoka

A stipulation yet to be decided will be added to the Union Sekigun Vs King Legion 6-Man Tag.

Kazuhiko Ogasawara sent a letter to Union explaining he has taken Ryu Gouma under his wing. He calls Gouma an idiot who people laugh at but if he learns Karate he could beat people that are 7 and even 8 feet tall! The letter ends with Ogasawara saying the time has come for Karate-gun’s revival! Karate-gun was Union’s first enemy faction when the brand was re-established in 2005. The infamous feud featured Ogasawara fighting Poison Sawada in a Scorpion Death Match and later a Toxic Barbed Wired Board Death Match. I don’t think the same will happen here with Gouma.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015”, 19/07/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Dramatic Pioneer Final Suicide! MIKAMI DDT Affiliation Final Match: MIKAMI, Isami Kodaka & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs KUDO, HARASHIMA & Sanshiro Takagi
2. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X

With the KO-D Openweight and KO-D Tag Team Titles all tied up until “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, this month’s Korakuen Hall show will focus on the DDT Extreme Title and also MIKAMI’s final match as a DDT contracted wrestler.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN MAEBASHI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TONTON~”, 26/07/2015
Gunma Maebashi Green Dome Sub-Arena

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuji Okabayashi

So far we’re getting two previews of the KO-D Tag Title match at Sumo Hall. There’s the 6-Man Tag at Korakuen then after that Daisuke Sasaki steps up to the plate against Yuji Okabayashi in singles action.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN ~DON’T SAY ANYTHING…SUMMER 2015~”, 04/07/2015
Ichigaya Nankai Memorial Clinic

1. Unprecedented Rematch: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
2. Ganpuro Constituency Final: Yukihiro Abe Vs Mac Imanari
3. Special Single Match: Ken Ohka Vs Mitomi Masayuki

The winner of Match #2 qualifies for the DDT Dramatic General Election 2015.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “KNOCKIN’ ON YOUR DOOR 2015”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Rikidozan Sansei Vs Blackjack Of Rubbish Heap: Chikara Vs Minoru Fujita
2. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Enjo-gun General Warfare: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata

The Ganpuro Vs Enjo-gun war might come to an end here.


DDT “TOTAL THIRD WORLD -DDT HAKATA-” Results

July 5, 2015

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DDT “TOTAL THIRD WORLD -DDT HAKATA-”, 05/07/2015
Hakata Star Lane
404 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda when HARASHIMA pinned Umeda with the Somato (11:16).
2. 3 Way Match: Soma Takao defeated Danshoku Dino and Suguru Miyatake when Takao pinned Muyatake with the Gin An Tonic (7:19).
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga, MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Azul Dragon defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuto Aijima when MIKAMI pinned Hirata with the Sliding School Boy (10:57).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Treasure Hunt Bull Rope Match: Akito (c) defeated Masa Takanashi when Akito chose the title bag (15:40).
4a. Akito (c) defeated Masa Takanashi with the Bondage Scorpion Deathlock (7:45).
4b. Grappling Prohibition Rules: Akito (c) defeated Masa Takanashi with a Modified European Clutch (9:02).
4c. Tequila Drunk Match: Akito (c) defeated Masa Takanashi with a Bondage Cradle (15:40).
*V3 for Akito.
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita when Sasaki pinned Takeshita with the Sasaki Hurricanrana (16:15).
6. Special Tag Team Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi when Irie pinned Sakaguchi with the Arm Trap Piledriver (15:20).

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Cracks are starting to grow within Shuten-dōji over the Sumo Hall main event. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi lost to Team Dream Futures cleanly when Shigehiro Irie held Sakaguchi in place for Keisuke Ishii’s Kneel Kick. Irie then followed up with the Arm Trap Piledriver for the pinfall. KUDO left ringside on his own leaving Sakaguchi confused. Masa Takanashi is now trying to play peacekeeper by going back and forth between the two. Shuten-dōji and Team Dream Futures will clash again next week for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

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Two of the Golden☆Storm Riders are getting a KO-D Tag Team Title shot. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki left nothing to chance when they fought Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda. They attacked Happy Motels during their entrance and placed them in trolleys around ringside. Sasaki pinned Takeshita with his flash Hurricanrana to earn the No. 1 Contendership for his team. The champions Strong BJ were in attendance and confronted their challengers after the match. Daisuke Sekimoto told Ibushi he was ready for him. Yuji Okabayashi said he was ready for a great struggle between two wrestlers born in 1982 (himself and Ibushi). Ibushi said it will be a good match and he has a strong partner. Sasaki called himself and Ibushi the strongest tag team on the planet.

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The DDT Extreme Title was on the line in a Treasure Hunt Bull Rope match. Akito and Masa Takanashi were attached to each other with a rope while the title belt was placed in one of four bags. After every fall the winner chose a bag, if it contained the belt then the match would end. However the other bags were filled with dummy belts with extra rules written on them that had to be applied for the rest of the match. Akito used the ropes to great effect and won the first fall with a modified Scorpion Deathlock. However the bag he picked contained the rule that made grappling illegal. Akito was unable to use his submission hold but was able to pin Takanashi to win the second fall. This time the bag he found contained the Tequila Drink rules. Both wrestlers had to drink tequila after every kickout. Takanashi was delighted. After a few shots Akito again used the rope to his advantage by hooking it over the top ring rope and holding himself down as countered a Sunset Flip into a pin. Third time was the charm and Akito picked the bag with the real belt to win! A dizzy Akito pleaded for the drinks of tequila to stop.


Extreme Title Treasure Hunt, HandMade In Japan, Ryogoku Peter Pan Shaping Up

June 29, 2015

DDT “TOTAL THIRD WORLD -DDT HAKATA-”, 05/07/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
2. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Soma Takao Vs Suguru Miyatake
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuto Aijima Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Azul Dragon
4. Special Tag Team Match: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
6. DDT Extreme Title – Treasure Hunt Bull Rope Match: Akito (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

The main event has Akito and Masa Takanashi connected together with a bull rope. There will be a bag placed in every corner of the ring, one contains the DDT Extreme Title and the other three contain dummy belts. When a wrestler wins a fall he gets to choose a bag. If he picks the bag containing the real Extreme Title belt then the match ends and the winner becomes champion. If it contains a dummy belt then the match restarts until the real belt is found.

The No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D Tag Team Titles will be determined here. The winners will face Strong BJ for the belts at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 2 ~NO SUBTITLE~”, 12/07/2015
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. To Look For The Things Left Behind From Those Days – Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Atsushi Maruyama
2. Naniwa Shocked! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
3. Lucha Vs Lucha! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tsubasa, Billyken Kid & HAYATA
4. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Special 3 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
5. Road To RYOGOKU Special Tag Match: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
6. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Akito & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi

HUB, Shoichi Uchida and Seiya Morohashi will also be on the show.

DDT “HANDMADE IN JAPAN FES 2015”, 25/07/2015
Tokyo Big Sight

Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way 6-Person Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Hyper Misao Vs Antonio Honda, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Nonoko

After a successful appearance back in 2013, DDT returns to the HandMade In Japan Festival for some more Anywhere Pro Wrestling chaos. This time they are bringing along Nonoko and Hyper Misao from Tokyo Joshi Pro.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Akito (c) Vs X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Winners Of 5/7 Next Challenger Match
3. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs X, X & X
4. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
5. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

With all of the Right To Challenge contracts now used up, the main event of this year’s Sumo Hall show is set in stone. KUDO will defend the KO-D Openweight Title against his Shuten-dōji stable-mate Yukio Sakaguchi. They will be teaming together until then and there has been little to no tension between the two until the match was made. There is also more at stake than just the championship. ¥ 2,000,000 will be rewarded to the winner of the main event courtesy of the match’s sponsor Good Com Asset, a real estate corporation. The Extreme Title Match also has a sponsor, the manga series Uchikami!

Hiroshi Tanahashi apologised to those who were expecting Shinsuke Nakamura to be New Japan’s representative at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN” this year.


DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA” Results

May 17, 2015

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DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA”, 17/05/2015
Nagoya Nakamura Sports Center
1,009 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata when Ishii pinned Katsumata with the Kneel Kick (7:27).
2. Amon Tsurumi Cup Battle Royal: MIKAMI defeated Masa Takanashi with the 450 Splash (8:48).
Order Of Elimination: Suguru Miyatake, Kazunori Huzioka, Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, DJ Nira, Makoto Oishi, Masa Takanashi.
3. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Honda pinned Hirata with the Scorpion Death Drop (9:42).
4. Anytime, Anywhere Holder 3 Way Match: Daisuke Sasaki defeated KUDO and Kazusada Higuchi when Sasaki pinned KUDO with the Sasaki Huracanrana (11:38).
*Daisuke Sasaki wins KUDO’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
5. Different Life ~Sound Of Impermanence~: Jinsei Shinzaki defeated Danshoku Jinsei with the Paradise Lock (11:38).
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Okabayashi pinned Urano with the Golem Splash (19:25).
*V3 for Strong BJ.
7. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Akito (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie with a Cross Heel Hook (29:27).
*V2 for Akito.

What has become quite possibly the most impressive DDT Extreme Title run continues as Akito survived a Last Man Standing challenge from Shigehiro Irie. With the 10 count beginning after every successful pin or submission, the two fought hard. So much so that the metal fillings used to hold the ring ropes broke after Irie hit the ropes hard. The two fought outside while the ring was repaired. Irie almost won after doing a Piledriver, Flying Sausage and Beast Bomber but Akito got up at 9. Akito got up at 9 again after another Beast Bomber followed by the Package Piledriver. The champion fought back by targeting Irie’s knee, striking it with a chair and locking in the Arm Clutch Figure Four Leglock. Irie managed to get up by 9 but one last Beast Bomber from him was countered into a Cross Heel Hook. Irie tapped and could not get back to his feet in time. Akito was proud to defend the title in his home of Nagoya and felt he was able to give a little back to the people with his performance. He claimed this match was not the end of the story between himself and Irie. It is just the beginning.

Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi continue their KO-D Tag Team Title reign after a victory over HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano. Despite HARASHIMA’s recent return to the top, he was cancelled out by Sekimoto and held back while Okabayashi finished off Urano. MIKAMI approached the champions after the match. He was granted a wish for winning the Amon Tsurumi Cup earlier in the night and he wanted to announce what it was. He wants a KO-D Tag Title shot and his partner will be Shuji Ishikawa! Sekimoto & Okabayashi are ready and waiting for the challenge.

Danshoku Jinsei was shaking with nerves as he began wrestling against Jinsei Shinzaki. However he gained enough confidence to use some of Shinzaki’s own moves against him, most notably the Rope Walk. Yukinori Matsui was knocked out by an unintentional Lip Lock and that allowed Makoto Oishi to interfere. He tried to shove Shinzaki’s face into Danshoku’s rear end but that backfired. Shinzaki then attacked Danshoku’s ass and forced him to submit to the Paradise Lock. After the match Shinzaki asked Dino to stop his Danshoku Life pilgrimmage. Dino said he would if he could get a kiss from him. Shinzaki reluctantly agreed to kiss him on the cheek but Oishi told him that tomorrow is Dino’s birthday so it should be on the lips. After being urged by everyone in the arena, Shinzaki kissed Dino on the mouth. Dino suddenly transformed back to normal and chased Suguru Miyatake around ringside. Oishi proclaimed that Danshoku Dino has returned from Hades and regained his sanity!

Daisuke Sasaki added another Right To Challenge Contract to his collection after pinning KUDO in the 3 Way Match. Sasaki now has 3 contracts and won’t stop until he has them all! The result of this has cancelled the original main event of the next Korakuen Hall show on 31st May. KUDO was supposed to cash in on that day to get his KO-D Openweight Title shot against either HARASHIMA or Kazusada Higuchi. Now the main event has been declared blank.

Yukinori Matsui got to wear the HIRATA GO glasses and join in with the dancing in Match #3. He Lariated everyone who tried to take them off him. After the match Sanshiro Takagi said he is very busy running two companies at once so T2Hide should recruit new members to take his place. An audition will take place on the 31/5 Korakuen Hall show.

The winner of the Amon Tsurumi Cup would be granted one wish for anything as long as it was in the GM Amon Tsurumi’s authority to grant it. Tsurumi’s Muscle employee Kazunori Huzioka was unexpectedly entered the match against his will. Yukio Sakaguchi ordered him to take off his jacket if he wouldn’t fight. Huzioka did so and revealed he was wearing a bra underneath. Sakaguchi then made him tap to a Sleeper Hold for an elimination. MIKAMI wound up winning the match and told Tsurumi he will ask for his wish when the time comes. That turned out to be the Tag Title challenge at the end of the show.