DDT “GALAXY EXPLOSION IN NAGOYA 2014” Results

February 2, 2014

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DDT “GALAXY EXPLOSION IN NAGOYA 2014”, 02/02/2014
Nagoya Telepia Hall
550 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kengo Takai defeated Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Guanchulo when Takai pinned Guanchulo with the Dera HOF Bomb (11:13).
2. MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira when MIKAMI pinned Nakazawa with a Lariat (0:07).
2a. MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira when MIKAMI pinned Nakazawa with a School Boy (6:46).
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito defeated KUDO & Tetsuya Endo when Akito submitted Endo with the Triangle Scorpion (12:48).
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) defeated Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto when Omega pinned Kodaka after the PK Mind γ (14:01).
*V1 for The Golden Lovers.
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yasu Urano (c) defeated Masa Takanashi with the Tombstone Piledriver (9:57) (Special Referee: Amon Tsurumi).
*V1 for Yasu Urano.
6. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Takao pinned Dino with the Gin And Tonic (11:11).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Keisuke Ishii 2-1 (13:48).
7a. Feet Only Death Match: HARASHIMA defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Somato (5:01).
7b. Cliff Death Match: Keisuke Ishii defeated HARASHIMA with a Frankensteiner from the apron to the floor (7:27)
7c. 5 Count Match: HARASHIMA defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Somato (13:48).
*V4 for HARASHIMA.

HARASHIMA overcame some odd handicaps to defeat Keisuke Ishii in today’s main event. With the DDT Extreme Title on the line, the match was 2 out of 3 Falls with each fall having a different stipulation. Fall 1 had both wrestlers compete with their hands taped to the side of their bodies. Fortunately for both men, their respective finishers did not need use of their arms. But it was HARASHIMA who dodged the Kneel Kick and flattened Ishii with the Somato to win the first round. Fall 2 was a Cliff Death Match as chosen by Ishii, who is a big fan of spots where you throw a wrestler from the apron to the floor. This round went quick because they immediately went to the apron to achieve their goal. Ishii won through with a Frankensteiner, sending HARASHIMA crashing onto the floor outside. Amon Tsurumi announced the final fall would be won when somebody is pinned for five seconds. Ishii came close to victory with a Tiger Suplex and Kneel Kick both getting four count nearfalls. The Somato once again proved to be the difference maker and HARASHIMA kept his championship.

Masa Takanashi had two reasons he needed to beat Yasu Urano. The first was to get back his Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title and the second was a win over Urano would make him No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title. Amon Tsurumi originally refused to give Takanashi a shot at HARASHIMA and made himself the referee to insure it would not happen. Tsurumi constantly got in the way to ruin Takanashi’s momentum and Urano eventually won the match. After the match Amon asked if Takanashi wanted to give up chasing after the title and he sadly said yes.

However, Takanashi showed up at the end of the show challenging HARASHIMA to a KO-D Title match. He even had a contract signed by Tsurumi granting him the match. Tsurumi said it was fake until Takanashi showed him a video he recorded a few days ago. In the video Tsurumi was seen drinking lots of beer with Emi Sakura and Sayaka Obihiro from Gatoh Move. Sakura handed a sheet of paper to a drunk Tsurumi and asked him to sign it, which he did. That piece of paper turned out to be a contract that allowed Masa Takanashi to face HARASHIMA in a KO-D Title match at Korakuen Hall on 23rd February! Back in the arena, Tsurumi apologised to HARASHIMA for what happened but the champion welcomes the challenge.

The Golden Lovers can now without a doubt call themselves the KO-D Tag Team Champions after beating the previous title holders. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto took their defeat gracefully and shook hands with Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega while appealing for one more match. They also said they have now graduated from DDT during a backstage interview. Ibushi & Omega now have to prepare for a very different team, the Brahman Brothers! They were shown a video of the Brahmans challenging them to a match but the way they spoke was difficult to understand. Kenny asked what were they talking about? Ibushi simply said “Insects.” The Golden Lovers Vs Brahman Brothers will take place on 23/2.

KUDO Vs Yukio Sakaguchi was booked for 23/2 after they had to be pulled apart at the end of Match #3.


Sunday’s Card For Nagoya

January 29, 2014

DDT “GALAXY EXPLOSION IN NAGOYA 2014”, 02/02/2014
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kengo Takai Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Guanchulo
2. MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira
3. KUDO & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yasu Urano (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
7. DDT Extreme Title – Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
*Fall 1: Feet Only Death Match. Fall 2: Cliff Death Match. Fall 3: To Be Determined by Amon Tsurumi.

Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto immediately get the chance to win back the KO-D Tag Team Titles from The Golden Lovers.


Double Trouble For HARASHIMA, Mio Shirai Signs Many Contracts

January 22, 2014

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2014”, 26/01/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi Vs Yoshiko & Toru Owashi
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Hikaru Sato Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito
4. KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Guanchulo Vs DJ Nira Vs Hoshitango
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

DDT held a press conference at the TEC Offices in Shinjuku to promote HARASHIMA’s next two title defences. First up is the KO-D Openweight Title match versus Shigehiro Irie. The rematch of last year’s Peter Pan main event is something that has been on Irie’s mind for a while. He felt great frustration over losing the title and wants to get rid of that by winning it back. HARASHIMA told Irie that kind of frustration is a good thing because it encourages him to become a stronger human being.

DDT “GALAXY EXPLOSION IN NAGOYA 2014”, 02/02/2014
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title – Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
*Fall 1: Feet Only Death Match. Fall 2: Cliff Death Match. Fall 3: To Be Determined by Amon Tsurumi.

The press conference continued with the appearance of Keisuke Ishii, who immediately attacked HARASHIMA. Tempers calmed down and the two were able to continue the conference as if nothing happened. HARASHIMA decided the rules for their upcoming DDT Extreme Title match in Nagoya. After wrestling Antonio Honda in a Blindfold Bra Match where he had to rely on just his hands, HARASHIMA now wanted to see what it was like to wrestle with just his feet. So for the match, both men will have their hands tied together and will have to rely on their legs to wrestle. However, Ishii had an idea of his own. He wanted to have a Cliff Death Match where you have to do a move from the ring apron to the floor in order to win. Ishii is a big fan of apron spots. He even has a Top 3 all time favourite apron spots. His Top 3 apron spots are:

3. Akira Taue giving Kenta Kobashi the Dynamic Bomb from the apron to the floor (21st March, 1995).
2. Kenta Kobashi giving Jun Akiyama a Brainbuster from the apron to the floor (10th July, 2004).
1. Mitsuharu Misawa giving Kenta Kobashi the Tiger Suplex from the stage walk to the floor (1st March, 2003).

Amon Tsurumi decided that both rules will be used in a 2 out of 3 Falls match. Fall 1 will be HARASHIMA’s Feet Only Death Match and Fall 2 will use Ishii’s Cliff Death Match rules. The rules for a possible third fall will be created by Tsurumi the day before the show.

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Mio Shirai had been spending the last week teasing a very important announcement. Rumours going around the Japanese wrestling scene included Mio announcing her retirement, a marriage engagement or even a pregnancy. Instead the big reveal was Mio had signed a contract and will end to her status as a freelancer. However, it turned out that Mio was signing a contract with not one, not two, not even three but four different wrestling companies. Taking a cue from Kota Ibushi, Shirai signed contracts with Pro Wrestling WAVE, Oz Academy, Ice Ribbon and Union.

After wrestling for seven years, Mio felt it was time to form an afilliation with one of the companies she works for. However she couldn’t decide who to choose. Inspired by Ibushi’s dual contract with DDT and New Japan, Shirai was inspired to do the same and wanted to be with the promotions she enjoyed working for most. Union boss Naomi Susan said she was very surprised to hear about Mio’s idea at first but is happy that she chose Union to be one of the companies. Since the Union roster is mostly filled with men, Susan hopes Mio’s signing will begin an expansion of Joshi in Union. Mayumi Ozaki said she was the only person in Oz Academy who knew about Mio’s plans. Ice Ribbon’s Tsukasa Fujimoto is amazed at the idea and thinks it is a boost that comes just in time for Mio to replace Hikaru Shida, who will be leaving the company in March. WAVE’s Mikiko Futagami (formerly known as GAMI) is expecting more merchandise sales to come from this signing and pointed out she might be actually working for 5 or 6 companies if you include her Osaka Joshi shows.

Mio’s first show with Union under the contract will be at Yokohama on 11th February.


Dreams, Mon☆stars, Galaxies & Demons

January 14, 2014

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2014”, 26/01/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi Vs Yoshiko & Toru Owashi
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino
4. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs X
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Shigehiro Irie gets his rematch with HARASHIMA from last year’s second Sumo Hall main event. This time Irie is the challenger and HARASHIMA is dealing with now just having two title belts instead of three.

DDT rookies Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo achieved a remarkable result yesterday, wrestling Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega to a 30 minute draw. Both teams were rewarded with a KO-D Tag Team Title shot but it will be in a 3 Way Match against the champions. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto can prove their dominance of the tag team division even more by beating two teams at once.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO CIRCUIT 2013 ROUND 1”, 18/01/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Ayumi Takada
2. Nonoko Vs Yuka Sakazaki
3. Miyu Yamashita Vs KANNA

Miyu Yamashita and KANNA have their first proper match together after a year of facing each other in exhibition bouts. KANNA has yet to beat Yamashita.

Chikage Kiba is unable to wrestle because she has a high school exam on the day of the show.

DDT “GALAXY EXPLOSION IN NAGOYA 2014”, 02/02/2014
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

HARASHIMA’s other title will be defended against Keisuke Ishii. HARASHIMA’s DDT Extreme Title defences have been a wild departure from how he usually wrestles but Ishii seems to be a fairly normal wrestler. Will we get a more traditional stipulation or will HARASHIMA or Ishii show some imagination with their match choice.

UNION “DEMON UNION 2014”, 11/02/2014
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Richard Burn

Union returns to the Pro Wrestling Vs Martial Arts match up that built the company when it was brought back to life in 2005. But I do not expect Shuji Ishikawa and Richard Burn to have such a heated feud that they will eventually fight in a ring filled with scorpions.


DDT “NEW YEAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL!” Results

January 3, 2014

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DDT “NEW YEAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL!”, 03/01/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Makoto Oishi & Masa Takanashi when Honda pinned Takanashi with the Diving Fist Drop (8:03).
*HARASHIMA Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 0 Dino Army.
2. Toru Owashi, MIKAMI & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated KUDO, Yasu Urano & DJ Nira when Matsuno pinned Nira with a Cradle (7:15).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 30 Dino Army.
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuki Hirata defeated Hikaru Sato & Guanchulo when Hirata pinned Guanchulo with the Emerald Frosion (8:06).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 60 Dino Army.
4. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Cobra Clutch (7:30).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 30 – 90 Dino Army.
5. Weapons Rumble: Michael Nakazawa defeated Sanshiro Takagi after the Gotch-Style Piledriver from Minoru Suzuki (13:07).
*HARASHIMA Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 60 – 90 Dino Army.
– Achievement Test Results: Saki Akai (57 Pts), Tetsuya Endo (175 Pts) & Guanchulo (103 Pts) [336 Total Pts] defeated Keisuke Ishii (108 Pts), Shigehiro Irie (70) & Kazuki Hirata (83 Pts) [261 Total Pts].
*HARASHIMA Army wins 100 points. HARASHIMA Army 160 – 90 Dino Army.
6. 10-Man Eliminatation Tag Team Match: Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Tako & Yoshihiko defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Tetsuya Endo & Akito (23:45).
6a. Danshoku Dino eliminated Gota Ihashi with the Danshoku Driver (9:26).
6b. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi eliminated Soma Takao with the PK Heart (10:50).
6c. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Kenny Omega with the Kneel Kick & Yoshihiko Canadian Destroyer Combo (13:08).
6d. Tetsuya Endo eliminated Keisuke Ishii by Ring Out (14:06).
6e. Kota Ibushi and Yoshihiko were both eliminated by Double Ring Out (16:29).
6f. Akito and Shigehiro Irie were both eliminated by Double Ring Out (19:53).
6g. Danshoku Dino eliminated Tetsuya Endo with the Gay-do Clutch (23:45).
*Dino Army wins 30 points. HARASHIMA Army 160 – 120 Dino Army.
7. DDT Extreme Title – New Year Wrestling Card Death Match: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Super Sasadango Machine with the Somato (16:57).
*V3 for HARASHIMA. HARASHIMA Army wins 50 points HARASHIMA Army 210 – 120 Dino Army.
8. Bonus 30-Man Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Akito, Hikaru Sato, DJ Nira, Guanchulo & Michael Nakazawa defeated Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine, Makoto Oishi, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Yukio Sakaguchi, MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gorgeous Matsuno & Yoshihiko when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata with the Somato (6:03).
*HARASHIMA Army wins 300 points. HARASHIMA Army 510 – 120 Dino Army.

HARASHIMA Army
HARASHIMA, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Hikaru Sato, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Akito, DJ Nira, Guanchulo and Michael Nakazawa

Danshoku Dino Army
Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Super Sasadango Machine, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Yukio Sakaguchi, MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yoshihiko, Gorgeous Matsuno and Kazuki Hirata

DDT celebrates the start of 2014 with an idea that killed the AWA, a team challenge series. DDT has been doing their own version in Korakuen Hall as their annual kick off show for the year. HARASHIMA and Danshoku Dino were the team captains this time but they did not face each other until the bonus main event. The HARASHIMA Army looked to have the contest won by 90 points when it was announced one last match was to happen with 300 points on the line. That match was a 30-Man Tag Team free for all, another annual tradition for the January kickoff show. Any chances for a heroic comeback by Team Dino were dashed when HARASHIMA himself scored the pin on Kazuki Hirata. Amon Tsurumi came out to give the big prize to every member of the HARASHIMA Army and it turned out to be… 100 yen for each wrestler on the team. Tsurumi complained that the prize money was his own cash and the total pot was half a month’s worth of his pocket money.

Sanshiro Takagi announced that starting from April DDT will have regular programming on Teletama, a terrestrial TV station based in Saitama. Takagi says DDT is building their base in Saitama to prepare their big plans for a show inside the Saitama Super Arena. Meanwhile the big annual “PETER PAN” event will take place on 17th August this year. It was announced without any mention of where it will take place. Could it be at the Saitama Super Arena this year?

HARASHIMA successfully defended his DDT Extreme Title against Super Sasadango Machine in a New Year Wrestling Card Death Match. The match involved a deck of cards, each card would have a wrestling move written on it. Every time a card was pulled and read out, the first wrestler who did the called move would earn a point. The match would end either by somebody getting 7 points or if somebody won the match by normal means. Some of the moves called out included Yoshiaki Yago’s Cobra Twist, Danshoku Dino’s Danshoku Nightmare and Satoshi Kojima’s “Bakayaro!” Machine Gun Chops. One of the cards even called for slow motion wrestling with “Etupirika” by Taro Hakase playing in the background. In the end the extra rules weren’t needed as HARASHIMA pinned Sasadango with the Somato.

The semi-main was a 10-Man Tag Team Elimination match. Danshoku Dino was in action teaming with Team Dream Futures and the returning Yoshihiko. The Golden Rendesvouz, Tetsuya Endo and Akito were their opponents representing the HARASHIMA Army. The crowd were excited to see Yoshihiko and Kota Ibushi face off again and they didn’t disappoint with some crazy exchanges. The two were eventually eliminated at the same time when Yoshihiko performed a Reverse Huracanrana on Ibushi from the second rope to the outside of the ring! The match eventually came down to Dino and Endo as the final two. Endo did everything he could against the veteren, even hitting the Phoenix Splash for a nearfall. Dino found his opening and pinned Endo with the Gay-do Clutch to win it for his team.

Sanshiro Takagi and Michael Nakazawa faced off in a Weapons Rumble in a match Nakazawa demanded after he refused to sign a new contract with DDT. If he won the match, he would sign the contract. There was a castle of chairs already set up in the ring and then a bicycle was brought down. Takagi ran down Nakazawa with a Lariat but accidentaly cycled into the chairs. More weapons were introduced until Nonoko from Tokyo Women’s Wrestling was introduced into the match to help Takagi. One more weapon was left to enter and Nakazawa said it was the weapon Takagi hates the most. “Kaze Ni Nare” played over the speakers and out came Minoru Suzuki! Suzuki gave Takagi the Gotch-Style Piledriver and a groggy Nakazawa crawled on top to pin him. Nakazawa celebrated his first win in 2014 and asked Suzuki if he could coach him. Suzuki tried to back out of it by saying he’s busy but Nakazawa asked him about wrestling at “PETER PAN” again. When they told Suzuki the date he said the G1 Climax is happening during that time but he was eventually convinced to do it.

Away from the ring, a series of Achievement Tests took place before the show. Saki Akai (the only person in the entire challenge who did not wrestle on the show), Tetsuya Endo & Guanchulo competed for HARASHIMA while Team Drift played for Dino. They all had to take three exams based on the subjects language, English and social. Tetsuya Endo scored highest with 175 points while Akai scored the lowest with a measly 57 points. They and Guanchulo still scored enough points to win the contest for HARASHIMA. Danshoku Dino complained afterwards because the exams were worth more points than any of the wrestling matches.

Kazuki Hirata now does the Emerald Frosion. Don’t know why that surprises me but it does.

Gorgeous Matsuno gave a New Year speech to the audience while his match was going on behind him.

Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi and Yoshiko from Stardom will take place at the next Korakuen show on 26th January.

A promotional gimmick for today’s show was every ticket for the event was priced at 2,000 yen. During the end of show speech, HARASHIMA said DDT will do the gimmick again next year. Amon Tsurumi cut in and said they weren’t going to make a profit that way. Sanshiro Takagi admitted he was going to secretly increase the price to 3,000 yen next year but was caught. This joke is in reference to a controversial 500 yen price increase for DDT tickets that will come into effect starting this April.


New Year New Year Special!

December 18, 2013

DDT “NEW YEAR NEW YEAR SPECIAL!”, 03/01/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Danshoku Dino

The first DDT show of 2014 continues the annual tradition of the New Year Team Challenge. This time HARASHIMA and Danshoku Dino are the team captains and those two will face off in a DDT Extreme Title match on the show. The rest of the card will be decided on the day of the show.

The teams are:

HARASHIMA, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Gota Ihashi, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Hikaru Sato, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Akito, DJ Nira, Guanchulo and Michael Nakazawa

Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Super Sasadango Machine, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Yukio Sakaguchi, MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yoshihiko, Gorgeous Matsuno and Kazuki Hirata


DDT “BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA 2013 ~WINTER~” Results

November 23, 2013

DDT “BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA 2013 ~WINTER~”, 23/11/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall
373 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Hona pinned Takao with the Long And Winding Roll (11:09).
2. 4 Way Match: Makoto Oishi defeated MIKAMI, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Oishi pinned Nakazawa with La Magistral Cradle Cutback (4:18).
3. Ichigaya District Shake: Hoshitango defeated Masa Takanashi with the Argentine Backbreaker (6:30).
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Guanchulo defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi when Guanchulo pinned Ihashi with the Chile Roll (10:58).
5. What Happened To Endo Interrogation: Danshoku Dino defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Danshoku Driver (8:28).
6. Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito defeated KUDO & Yasu Urano when Sakaguchi pinned KUDO with the Punt Kick (14:35).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Best 2 Out Of 3 Handicap Rules: HARASHIMA (c) defeated DJ Nira 2-1 (16:48).
-7a. 1 Count Vs 10 Count Handicap Match: HARASHIMA defeated DJ Nira with a Wristlock (5:06).
-7b. Do Not Speak Death Match: DJ Nira defeated HARASHIMA when HARASHIMA said “Here I Come” (10:30).
-7c. Shiritori Technique Match: HARASHIMA defeated DJ Nira with the Ultra Somato (16:48).
*V2 for HARASHIMA.

HARASHIMA went through what has to be the weirdest challenge of his career today. DJ Nira stepped up to challenge him for the DDT Extreme Title but the champion couldn’t decide what match to have. Nira thought this meant the show was now cancelled. They eventually decided to make it best two out of three rounds with a different stipulation for every round. Round 1 had the rule where Nira would win if he pinned HARASHIMA for one second while HARASHIMA had to pin Nira for ten seconds to win. HARASHIMA avoided that handicap by making Nira tap out to a Wristlock. Round 2 had the rule where you were disqualified if you spoke. You could still make noise and Nira did ever time HARASHIMA kicked him, you just could not speak. Nira found a note and wanted HARASHIMA to read it, but he didn’t fall for the trap. Instead HARASHIMA embarrassed himself and lost the round when he yelled “Here I come” when he was about to finish off Nira. The deciding round was a Shiritori match. Shiritori is a Japanese version of the game where you have to say a word that begins with the last letter of the previous word. In this case, the players had to perform a wrestling move instead of just saying the word. A wrestler loses if he fails to do a suitable move three times or if he cannot continue.

The game went as follows. HARASHIMA began the round with an Iron Claw. Nira did the Rocket Punch. HARASHIMA did a Chin Crusher. Nira did a Desperation Rocket Punch. HARASHIMA did a Chickenwing Armlock. Nira did another Desperation Rocket Punch. HARASHIMA did a Chickenwing Facelock. Nira did a Rocket Punch to the neck (noticing a pattern?). HARASHIMA did a Choke Sleeper but that was disallowed, so he did a Choke Slam instead. Nira did the “Rocket Punch of Useless Resistance”. HARASHIMA did a Chop. Nira did the Rocket Punch Push. HARASHIMA did a different Chop but it wasn’t allowed. He struggled to think of a move until he figured out he could do the Ultra Somato. Nira tried to get up and do the Rocket Punch but he collapsed, giving HARASHIMA the victory!

Yukio Sakaguchi gains momentum for his upcoming KO-D Openweight Title match by pinning former champion KUDO in the semi-main tag match.

Danshoku Dino used his match against Tetsuya Endo to interrogate what the young wrestler has been up to during his absence. Makoto Oishi told the audience a rumour that Tetsuya Endo was not really Tetsuya Endo but someone pretending to be him. Guanchulo told Dino & Oishi that he saw Endo leaving the DDT dormitory late one night and ever since then he has acted differently. Dino did his usual tricks in the match and got Endo to confess. Endo said it was Kazuki Hirata’s birthday two days ago and he couldn’t afford to buy him the gift he wanted, so he got a part time job to get extra cash. The reason Endo has been acting differently is because of exhaustion. With the mystery solved, everyone began to sing Happy Birthday to the absent Hirata.

Michael Nakazawa used his appearance in the 4 Way Match to plug his new DVD. The DVD includes matches of Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga teaming together as the Nuru Nuru Brothers. They brought the gimmick back during the match, covering themselves in lotion to slip out of their opponents’ moves. The plan backfired when Nakazawa tried to pin Makoto Oishi with La Magistral Cradle only for Oishi to slip away and roll up Nakazawa for the three count instead.

Amon Tsurumi announced the next KO-D Tag Team Titles defence will take place inside the Musashi Koganei Station shopping centre in Tokyo on 15th December. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto will defend the belts in a 3 Way Match against Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata and HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano. The winners will then defend the titles in Hakata later that day against Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie.


Blue Light, Never Mind, Work Is Beautiful And Ganpuro Cards

November 19, 2013

DDT “BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA 2013 ~WINTER~”, 23/11/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. 4 Way Match: MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Ichigaya District Shake: Masa Takanashi Vs Hoshitango
4. What Happened To Endo Interrogation: Danshoku Dino Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Guanchulo Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
6. KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito
7. DDT Extreme Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs DJ Nira

HARASHIMA has a busy month of title defences in DDT ahead of him. First up is a DDT Extreme Title match against DJ Nira. Sounds easy enough.

UNION “WORK IS BEAUTIFUL”, 23/11/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Tomoya Kawamura
2. Seiya Morohashi & Cherry Vs SAGAT & Kyoko Kimura
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Mio Shirai (w/ Tsubasa Amami) Vs Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Idea Pocket DIVA)
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs MEN’S Teioh
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Menso~re Oyaji
6. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs FUMA

A new Idea Pocket DIVA will be introduced to Union to be in Mitomi Masayuki’s corner. His opponent Mio Shirai has been building up a harem of women from Idea Pocket to sell her merchandise at Union shows for the last couple of months. She may grab another DIVA here.

DDT “NEVER MIND SERIES 2013 IN SENDAI”, 24/11/2013
Miyagi-no District Cultural Center

1. 3 Way Match: Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Guanchulo
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs MIKAMI & Gorgeous Matsuno
5. KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito

Next up for HARASHIMA is Guanchulo in an Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title bout. That’s if HARASHIMA is still the champion by the time the match takes place. HARASHIMA Vs Guanchulo will happen on this show with or without the championship

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “GANPURO HOUSE SHOW 6”, 29/11/2013
Nanhai Ichigaya Memorial Clinic

1. Crusher Takahashi Vs Survival Tobita
2. Yumehito Imanari Vs Bad Tension TAMAGAWA

This show will also host Ganbare☆Super Idol Live, an audition for musical acts to become Ganbare☆Idols for the promotion.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2013”, 15/12/2013
Hakata Star Lane

1. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Maki Ito Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi

Maki Ito is a member of idol music group LinQ, who all appeared at DDT’s Sumo Hall shows back in August. She appeared at this past Sunday’s Korakuen Hall show and got into a confrontation with Sanshiro Takagi. It got so heated that they wanted to fight each other in the ring. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi came out to side with Ito and it was decided those three will face Takagi & Toru Owashi in Hakata next month.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2013”, 23/12/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

HARASHIMA’s month of title matches ends with a KO-D Openweight Title defence against Yukio Sakaguchi. Without a doubt the toughest upcoming challenge he will face.

Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi continue on their quest to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. This time they enlisted the services of joshi monster Aja Kong to combat the size advantage the champions have thanks to Akebono.


DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2013” Results

November 17, 2013

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DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2013”, 17/11/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,851 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title Contender Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Kong pinned Hirata with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (9:53).
2. Battle Royal: Guanhculo defeated Hikaru Sato by Ring Out (12:05).
Other Competitors: MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Michael Nakazawa, Hoshitango, Soma Takao, Gota Ihashi, DJ Nira and Daisuke Sasaki.
3. KUDO & Yasu Urano defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo when KUDO pinned Endo with the Diving Double Knee Drop (11:50).
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito defeated Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii by Referee Stoppage when Sakaguchi knocked out Irie with a Knee To The Face (11:33).
5. DDT Extreme Title – Blindfold Hidden Breasts Match: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Antonio Honda when HARASHIMA stripped Honda’s bra with the Somato (12:03).
*V1 for HARASHIMA.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) defeated Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega when Kodaka pinned Omega with the Rasengan (20:57).
*V3 for Yankii Ni Cho Kenju.

Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto made it clear they are the very best tag team in DDT right now after defeating the Golden Lovers to retain the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Their next defence will be in Hakata on 15th December. The champions pointed out that two wrestlers from Union and 666 now currently dominate both the DDT and Big Japan tag team divisions and they should not be treated like fools because they come from “smelly indies”. Kodaka even asked for the title match to take place in the streets or the local shopping mall. Backstage, Kenny Omega said being defeated was the worst and both he and Kota Ibushi wrestled with injuries. He wants a Falls Count Anywhere rematch in DDT next year and even Ibushi said he wants revenge.

HARASHIMA defended the DDT Extreme Title in a Blindfold Hidden Breasts Match against Antonio Honda. The rule were both men had to wear blindfolds and bras. The first man to find and strip his opponent’s bra would win. Yukinori Matsui got caught in the crossfire a few times and narrowly avoided the Somato from the champion. HARASHIMA was able to knock down Honda with a High Kick and then flattened him with the Somato, pulling off Honda’s bra afterwards to win. HARASHIMA complimented Honda for coming up with a great match idea which taught him some valuable experience.

DJ Nira suddenly appeared with Daisuke Kiso by his side. He told HARASHIMA it would be either him or Kiso who will be the next challenger. He then gave Kiso the Rocket Punch and said he was the next challenger. The match is booked for the 23rd November show in Yokohama However, Guanchulo earlier won a Battle Royal that granted him a shot at HARASHIMA’s Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. It was agreed that he will face HARASHIMA in Sendai on the 24th. Kazuki Hirata snuck into the ring and attacked HARASHIMA. He rolled over HARASHIMA for a pin but only got a two count. He then fled the ring. If that wasn’t enough, Amon Tsurumi announced that HARASHIMA will defend his KO-D Openweight Title against Yukio Sakaguchi at the 23rd December Korakuen Hall show. HARASHIMA offered a handshake to Sakaguchi but he gave him a fist bump instead.

Speaking of Sakaguchi, he knocked out Shigehiro Irie with a Knee Strike to the face during their tag team match. Irie actually kicked out of the pin but was too groggy to stand up so the referee called for the match to end. A stretcher was brought out but Irie was helped out to the locker room by Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao instead. Irie had no idea what happened and didn’t know the match was over.

Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi have found the perfect partner to go after the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. That wrestler is Aja Kong! The trio earned a title shot by beating two thirds of the champs and Kazuki Hirata. Dino said they are all ready to bukkake on the grand champion Akebono.

Saki Akai will return for her third wrestling match at the 23/12 Korakuen show.

Masa Takanashi will be holding a special 10th Anniversary show in Edogawa on 17th December. Shuji Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Tamura, Emi Sakura and the UMA Corps will all appear on the show.


Matches for “GOD BLESS DDT 2013”

November 5, 2013

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2013”, 17/11/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & X
2. DDT Extreme Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Antonio Honda
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega

It’s Yankii Ni Cho Kenju Vs The Golden Lovers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Both Isami Kodaka and Kota Ibushi are coming off of some major changes in their careers. Ibushi has that contract with New Japan while Kodaka recently became the BJW Death Match Champion. The tag team champions might find their goal of 100 title defences end after their third.

HARASHIMA has granted Antonio Honda a rematch for his newly won DDT Extreme Title, this time in a different match type to be decided.

If Danshoku Dino’s team wins the Six-Man Tag match, they will become No. 1 Contender’s for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.