Ibushi Vs Generico For The KO-D Title, DDT Extreme Title Match Back On

August 19, 2012

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION 2012 ~ASK FIRST SPECIAL~”, 26/08/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Furious Battle Royal: Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saint Rion Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Goro Jr.
1. Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kozato
2. 4 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Gorgeous Matsuno, Hideki Shiota, Michael Nakazawa & Batten Tamagawa
3. KUDO & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka
4. No. 1 Contendership For KO-D Tag Team Title – 3 Way Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Hshitango & Masa Takanashi Vs Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
6. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino
7. MIKAMI Vs Yoshihiko
8. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
9. Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato
10. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Every match except the main event and semi-main event will have a 10 minute time limit.

Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shigehiro Irie for the DDT Extreme Title finally takes place after the match was originally delayed in July when Ishikawa was diagnosed with rubella.

The winners of the 3 Way Tag Team match will get a KO-D Tag Team Title shot against MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami on 16th September in Osaka.

Cherry Vs NOZOMI was also scheduled for this show but it has been cancelled due to Cherry’s illness. If Cherry recovers in time then the match will go ahead. If not, NOZOMI will be put into a different match.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

DDT was quick to decide who was next to face Kota Ibushi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. El Generico approached Tsurumi Amon backstage at Budokan Hall before the main event to challenge the winner of Ibushi Vs Kenny Omega for the title. Ibushi, looking to avenge his comeback defeat to Generico back in April, accepted the challenge shortly after winning the match. At the press conference in Shinjuku, Generico talked about all the matches he had against Ibushi in the past and after seeing Ibushi Vs Omega, wondered what it will take for him to beat Ibushi again. He also called both of the Golden Lovers amazing wrestlers. Ibushi admitted he did a lot of crazy things in that match but thinks he does not have to go up to that dangerous level again to beat Generico. Ibushi also talked about Omega being hurt after their match. He said Omega’s body is battered but he did not suffer any serious injury.


BIG “G” BANG Collide At The Beer Garden

July 24, 2012

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Taichi Kazato Vs Goro Jr.
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA Vs X
3. Isami Kodaka & Big Rude Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka
4. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Shuji Ishikawa didn’t have to look far for his first DDT Extreme Title challenger. His BIG “G” BANG tag team partner Shigehiro Irie faces him in a Last Man Standing match for the belt to main event Union’s Beer Garden show.


BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US” Results

July 18, 2012

BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
282 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato defeated Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani when Tsumaki submitted Kamitani with a Texas Cloverleaf (11:25).
2. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry defeated Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda when Kojika submitted Fukuda with a Dragon Sleeper (11:13) (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi).
3. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude defeated Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango when Rude pinned Hoshitango with a Back Drop (11:09).
4. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito defeated Ken Ohka with the Dragon Splash (10:18).
5. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka defeated Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka when Sekimoto pinned Kodaka with the German Suplex (11:35) (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi).
6. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Lariat (8:38).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Yuko Miyamoto (c) with the Splash Mountain onto the sea urchins (15:08).
*Yuko Miyamoto fails in V2. Shuji Ishikawa becomes the 19th DDT Extreme Champion!

The partnership between Union and Big Japan continued today in Shin-Kiba 1st RING with another joint show from the two promotions. The show was highlighted with the main event between Shuji Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto in a Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match for the DDT Extreme Title. Details of the death match were given at the beginning of the show where Naomi Susan said that it was up to Ken Ohka to decide what the Ecosystem part of the match meant. Ohka produced a sea urchin and replied “This is it.” Miyamoto was disappointed and said that was not a good choice. Susan defended Ohka’s choice and said that they have the finest items available to create the best match.

The match itself had the set up of lighttubes attached to the ropes, a rose covered board resting against one neutral corner and a box of sea urchins placed over at the other corner. Ishikawa became the new DDT Extreme Champion in a match that saw the canvas covered in the remains of squashed sea urchins. Afterwards, Ishikawa announced that he was going to reveal his partner for the Special Tag Team match against HARASHIMA at Budokan Hall. Ishikawa asked Ryuji Ito to team with him at the event. Ito agreed.

Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie was as hard-hitting as everyone expected. After a stiff headbutt exchance, Sasaki dropped Irie with the Lariat to win.

Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki were announced to take part in the Tag Team Gauntlet match at the DDT 15th Anniversary show. Meanwhile Kengo Ohka and Daisuke Sekimoto had some words for each other after they beat Kodaka & Tsumaki. Sekimoto said he will not team with Kengo again. Kengo said “Next time I’ll see you in KAIENTAI-DOJO.”

Ken Ohka has slowly but surely been adapting to death match wrestling. His latest flirtation with the more violent side of puroresu was a Hardcore match against Ryuji Ito. Ohka lost after a Superplex followed by a chair assisted Dragon Splash. After the match, Ohka complained about Ito using the chair. He also noticed that they both share the same birthday, 8th April.

A rivalry formed by conflicting sponsorships has eventually turned into an alliance. Big Rude & Jaki Numazawa put their differences aside to defeat the powerful combination of Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango. The ending came when Okabayashi accidentaly struck his partner with a Lariat, allowing Big Rude to give Hoshitango a Back Drop for the win. Afterwards, Numazawa told Okabayashi & Hoshitango if they grow out their hair long they will then start to win matches.

Even with the help of special guest referee Sanshiro Takagi, the young team of Hiroshi Fukuda & Masashi Otani fell to the Great Kojika and Cherry. Takagi was clearly playing favourites and aided Fukuda & Otani any way he could. He ignored rope breaks, performed fast counts, refused to acknowledge tags and called Cherry a hag. However, when Kojika applied a Dragon Sleeper to Fukuda it was all over. Takagi lifted Fukuda’s arm three times to check if he was concious and the arm fell down each time. Takagi had no choice but to end the match and give the victory to Cherry and the Great Kojika.


Miyamoto And Ishikawa Battle For The Ecosystem

July 17, 2012

BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
2. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
4. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
5. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
6. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Full details of what the Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match is will be revealed on the day of the show. The first two obviously speak for themselves but the Ecosystem part sounds new, unless that is the name used for the previously hinted snakes and scorpions.

Sanshiro Takagi will act as the referee for one of the matches on the card.


BJW/Union, First Budokan Matches Revealed

July 9, 2012

BJW/UNION, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
3. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
4. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
6. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
7. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

A lot of bizarre names are being used as match titles. I’m sure that I mistranslated a bunch of them but the Engrish is quite fitting I think.

The gimmick match for the main event hasn’t been confirmed yet. However, there are rumours it will be a death match involving vipers, scorpions, lighttubes and roses.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
4. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

YOSHIHIKO has been waken from his slumber and will be dusted off in preparation for a major main event rematch in Korakuen Hall. Over three years since their last epic battle, Hell’s Grave Digger Doll teams up with Danshoku Dino to collide with the Golden Lovers once more.

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs X
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

The 5 Vs 5 Soccer match is taking place because of the Captain Tsubasa involvement Sanshiro Takagi set up earlier this month. DDT held a game of football back in April 2009 between the Italian Four Horsemen and Louis Takanashi XIV’s French side. The game was played in the ring with a beach ball and ended in a 5-5 draw after extra time.

Konosuke Takeshita is the newest addition to the DDT roster. He will be making his debut against the world renowned El Generico.

Tatsumi Fujinami and Yuzuki Aikawa are also expected to compete at the show.


Full “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012” Card, Miyamoto Vs Ishikawa

June 18, 2012

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) Vs Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Hoshitango Vs Akito Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & X (w/ Katsuji Nagashima)
4. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

A change to the card sees KUDO & Makoto Oishi already getting their first challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki get their title shot thanks to Sasaki pinning Oishi a day before the title change.

A lottery to determine the brackets for the KING OF DDT tournament will take place after the show.

UNION “TANABATA, WISHES CAN COME TRUE EVEN AFTER 11 DAYS!”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa


UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012” Results

May 4, 2012

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,236 Fans – No Vacancy

0. Union League Experiment: Masked Mystery & SAGAT defeated Madoka & Taichi Kazato when SAGAT pinned Kazato with the Dream Of Fetus (9:42).
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama submitted Hiroshi Fukuda when Kazama pinned Fukuda with the Dragon Panther (8:21).
2. Age Contra Makeup: Emi Samura (w/ Mio Shirai) defeated Cherry with the Spring Love Night (5:03).
3. Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO defeated Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr when Rude submitted Hijo del Goro with the Crippler Crossface (9:18).
4. 90′s Indie Wrestler Weapon Rumble: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda ended in a No Contest when Tarzan Goto pinned both of them (18:13).
5. Hiro Tsumaki Return Match: Isami Kodaka & El Generico defeated Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka when Kodaka pinned Tsumaki with the Zan Isamu Leg (16:12).
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) when Ishikawa pinned Shinobu with the Splash Mountain (16:07).
*Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu fail in V1. BIG “G” BANG become the 36th BJW Tag Team Champions!
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Shop Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) defeated Ken Ohka with the Manji Cobra (19:58).
*V1 for Yuko Miyamoto.

The day some people thought they would never see has finally come. Cherry, the resident female wrestler on the Union roster who has always claimed to be very young has revealed her true age. Cherry lost the Age Contra Makeup match to Emi Sakura, who was wrestling on behalf of an injured Mio Shirai. Cherry was defeated with one of her own signature moves as well as from some interference from Mio. Defeated, Cherry said she was born on 14th May, 1974 which makes her 37 years old going on 38. Cherry told the audience she debuted at 30 years old and did so because it was her dream to become a wrestler, no matter how old she was. Cherry’s passport was flashed onto the giant screen behind her to serve as confirmation while a ten bell salute took place in the background.

While at first Shirai thankful for Sakura winning the match, she wasn’t so thrilled with her when she asked if it was necessary for Cherry to reveal her age. Mio told Sakura and Kaori Yoneyama afterwards to “go back to Thailand” and then threatened them with deportation. She did give Cherry a sincere round of applause though.

That wasn’t all of the big news that took place. BIG “G” BANG have grabbed some gold and became the new BJW Tag Team Champions! The large pairing of Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie were too much for Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu and they defeated the champions to bring a new prize into Union. Big Japan has already determined Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito as the No. 1 Contenders for the Tag Title and they will travel to Union on 17th June to challenge for the belts. Speaking of Ishikawa and Kobayashi, they will be fighting each other tomorrow for the BJW Death Match Championship.

And of course there was the main event. Poor Ken Ohka. The man fights his heart out each and every time he enters the ring but rarely does he succeed. The odds of him winning the DDT Extreme Title from Yuko Miyamoto were stacked high from the beginning. They were to fight each other in a match that allowed flourescent lighttubes and Union merchandise to be used as weapons. Despite Miyamoto having an injured foot and Ohka’s attempts to attack it with DVDs, the challenger just could not win and was eventually submitted with a Manji Cobra. Ohka was in tears after the match, as he usually is, but he passionately thanked everyone for their support.

The 1990’s indie wrestlers involved in the battle between New Sanshiro Takagi and New Keizo Matsuda were Takashi Okano (IWA Japan), Death Min Ho (one of Poison Sawada’s first gimmicks), Kyoko Ichiki (IWA Japan & GAEA), Chiharu (AJW), Tsunehito Naito (UWF), Survival Tobita (plus Va-Gon the ape-man terrorising the audience) and finally Tarzan Goto (FMW). At first Goto sided with with New Matsuda until he decided to beat up both of them with chairs and win the match for himself. When he left, Takagi and Matsuda began to fight again. HARASHIMA arrived and got Takagi and Matsuda to shake hands and reconcile. But as they shook hands, they accidentaly bumped heads and knocked each other dizzy, possibly bringing an end to New Sanshiro Takagi & New Keizo Matsuda.

Despite being on the winning team, GENTARO was attacked and abducted by the Goro family after the match. Goro Tsurumi took off his shoes and put one of them over his hand before knocking out GENTARO with a Spinning Backfist.

Hiroshi Fukuda continues to learn that love can hurt people. He lost to Rion Mizuki and Rumi Kazama in a Handicap Of Love match. For most of it Fukuda refused to lay a hand on Kazama while she kept trying to knock some sense into him. He finally began to fight and even delivered the Perfect Plex, only for Kazama to kick out at one. Kazama was then able to lock on her version of a Dragon Sleeper to submit her lovesick protege. After the match, Fukuda accepted the fact that Mizuki and Kazama are a couple but asked Rumi to kick him in the head one more time. She did so and then she kissed him on the cheek before all three left the ring together.

The relationship between Union and Big Japan will continue with another joint show set to take place on 18th July in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.


Golden Star For A Golden Week

May 2, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN NIIGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOCHIO NO ABURAAGE~”, 03/05/2012
Niigata City Gymnasium

1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Yasu Urano Vs DJ Nira
3. Keisuke Ishii Vs Keita Yano
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Hikaru Sato & Don Michael
5. Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda
6. Masa Takanashi, HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi

We have a very busy end to the week in DDT and Union. Tomorrow, DDT continues their “ROAD TO BUDOKAN” tour with a show in Niigata.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Shota
1. Keisuke Ishii Vs KAI
2. 10-Man Tag Team Match: Antonio Honda, Keita Yano, Poison JULIE Sawada, Hoshitango & Don Michael Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Shigehiro Irie, Akito & Tetsuya Endo
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & X Vs Danshoku Dibo, Makoto Oishi & Masao Inoue
4. Hikaru Sato Vs DJ Nira
5. Kota Ibushi Return Match: Kota Ibushi Vs El Generico
6. 3 Way KO-D Challenger Playoff Match: Yasu Urano Vs HARASHIMA Vs KUDO
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Yuji Hino

Then we have what will be one of the big DDT shows of the year. Masa Takanashi has the seemingly impossible task of defending the KO-D Openweight Title against Yuji Hino. Masa would have to pull out a miracle performance similar to the one he pulled against Daisuke Sekimoto in 2009, and then some to beat the Crying Wolf powerhouse. We will also see who out of HARASHIMA, KUDO and Yasu Urano will be next to to challenge for the belt. Plus the wait is finally over. Kota Ibushi returns and faces El Generico in what everyone is hoping will be a match for the ages. Also Keisuke Ishii will be flying the flag for DDT and defending their honour against All Japan’s KAI. Finally we could see New World Japan unveiling their newest member, at least if Sanshiro Takagi is able to find one.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka & Taichi Kazato Vs Masked Mystery & SAGAT
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
2. Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Emi Samura (w/ Mio Shirai)
4. 90’s Indie Wrestler Weapon Rumble: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
5. Hiro Tsumaki Return Match: Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka Vs Isami Kodaka & El Generico
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Shop Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

Mio Shirai suffered a fractured nose during the week and will be unable to compete in the long awaited Age Contra Makeup match against Cherry. Emi Sakura will be coming in as her replacement. However, Mio will be attending the show and she will still be forced to remove her makeup if Emi loses the match to Cherry. If Emi wins, then Mio still gets the satisfaction of forcing Cherry to reveal her real age.


Updates For Golden Union

April 28, 2012

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka & Taichi Kazato Vs Masked Mystery & SAGAT
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
2. Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. 90’s Indie Wrestler Weapon Rumble: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
5. Hiro Tsumaki Triumph: Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka Vs Isami Kodaka & El Generico
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Shop Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

Yuko Miyamoto and Ken Ohka for the DDT Extreme Title now has its stipulation match chosen by the champion. Miyamoto originally said he wanted to have a Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match but Ohka said it was unfair because he has only ever been in two of those kind of matches. Both men made a compromise and decided to make it a Fluorescent Shop Death Match. That means that both fluorescent lighttubes and what I guess will be either items from the merchandise table or items associated with cooking (when not wrestling, Ohka works for DDT’s bar restaurant) are allowed to be used in the match. Miyamoto will not be 100% going into the match. He fractured the big toe on his left foot earlier this month after Moonsaulting from the top of a ladder during a match. Ohka said that he is jealous of Miyamoto because he is married and has a family. However, Ohka also said that Union is his family and he will win back the title for them.

The battle between New Sanshiro Takagi & New Keizo Matsuda will turn into a blast from the past for fans of indie sleaze wrestling. Both wrestlers have been told to invite notable indie wrestlers from the 1990s to help them in a Weapons Rumble style match. The idea is that as the match goes on, a different wrestler will enter the ring after a set period of time and interfere on behalf of the wrestler who chose them. Regular Sanshiro Takagi appeared at the press conference for this event and said he will be paying a lot of money to certain wrestlers to join his side for the match. He thinks his financial strength will be the key to defeating his doppelganger.

Hiroshi Fukuda gave some comments on his Handicap Match of Love against Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama. After defeating Mizuki at “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012” last month, he was shocked to find him and Kazama kissing each other afterwards. Now he is determined to defeat Mizuki with the Perfect Plex and rescue Kazama from his clutches. Fukuda also said that in this day and age the best way to indicate the value of a person is by looking at how many Twitter followers they have. Fukuda now has around 850 followers and he thinks he reached that milestone thanks to Kazama and her influences on his training.

Speaking of Twitter, remember to follow @DramaticDDT. What? I might as well shill it when the opportunity pops up.


BIG “G” BANG Title Shot, Olé Yankee, GENTARO’s Family Grudge

April 19, 2012

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka, SAGAT
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
2. Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
5. Hiro Tsumaki Triumph: Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka Vs Isami Kodaka & El Generico
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – ??? Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

As DDT Extreme Champion, Yuko Miyamoto gets to decide what match he and Ken Ohka will have for the belt. He will announce it sometime before the show takes place.

Back at the Big Japan/Union joint show, BIG “G” BANG defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu in a hotly contested match-up. Since then, Sasaki & Shinobu have become the BJW Tag Team Champions. Due to their victory over the new champions, Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie have now been given a title shot that will take place in Union. This match takes place a day before Ishikawa faces Abdullah Kobayashi for the BJW Death Match Title at Big Japan’s biggest show of the year. So Shuji could wind up with two Big Japan titles in two days.

Isami Kodaka is looking forward to teaming with El Generico for the first time. After their battles over the Extreme Title, he now thinks they will have a lot of fun tagging together. However, Isami does not have the same views on Kengo Ohka. He doesn’t exactly hate Kengo, it’s more of a strong dislike of the man. The wild card of the match is Hiro Tsumaki, who has been absent from Union for several months. Turns out he spent his time away from Union by wrestling for Okinawa Pro. Kodaka does not know what Tsumaki has learned during his time in Okinawa or what to expect from his return. Even though the match is titled “Hiro Tsumaki Triumph” Isami also wants the match to be called “Union Next Stage.”

Big Rude abducted GENTARO in an attempt to have him wrestle against the Tsurumi family. During the press conference for the event, Big Rude brought in a blindfolded GENTARO into the room and over to the table before revealing what he wanted from him. GENTARO has a bad history with Goro Tsurumi and his two sons. Their grudge began over an incident involving vegetable oil that took place in Mexico many years ago. GENTARO agreed to help Rude fight the Tsumaki clan and Black Spider Clutch has also been added to their team. GENTARO said he heard a rumour that Clutch once ate a baby. That’s probably not the most reassuring thing to tell someone who will be tagging with the guy.

The Union League Experiment continues with at least Madoka and SAGAT involved in the latest offering. It has not been decided yet if anymore wrestlers will be involved on the night.