Spring Union And Golden Union Cards

April 9, 2012

UNION “SPRING UNION DRAGONS!”, 15/04/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Cherry & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Cao Zhang & Princess Makoto
2. El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Hida Kubota & Yasu Kubota
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Mio Shirai & Taichi Kazato
4. Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Konaka = Pehlwan
5. Iron Man Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka

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

1. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
2. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

On his 35th birthday, Ken Ohka became the No. 1 Contender for the DDT Extreme Championship. The eternal underdog is now getting the rest of Union cheering him on when he goes up against Yuko Miyamoto. But all of Ohka’s momentum and enthusiasm might be dashed once Miyamoto announces what sort of match they will have for the DDT Extreme Title.

Cherry’s age is at risk of being revealed yet again. Mio Shirai is determined to have Cherry reveal her secret and has challenged her to a match over it. Cherry accepted but turned the tables by daring Mio to go out without makeup should she lose. This will be a match where the greatest stakes are on the line. Neither will want to lose.

Hiroshi Fukuda’s relationship problems continue to get worse. Not only did Rumi Kazama ditch him for Rion Mizuki, now Hiroshi has to face both of them in a Handicap match. Will his feelings for Rumi get in the way or will he be able to move on with his life and defeat Rion Mizuki.

Also taking part in this show are Hiro Tsumaki, El Generico and American wrestler Barking Spider Clutch (or Kurokumo Clutch as some Japanese sites call him).

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UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY 2012” Results

April 8, 2012

UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY 2012”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
240 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka & SAGAT defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Macho Michaels when Madoka pinned Michaels with the Macho Splash (9:07).
1. Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama) defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Fisherman Suplex (8:02).
2. If Cherry Loses, Her Age Becomes Public – Continued: Cherry defeated GAMI with the Fantasy Illusion (8:31).
3. El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. defeated New Sanshiro Takagi & Taichi Kazato when Goro Jr. pinned Kazato with the Backfist (9:57).
4. Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai defeated Choun-Shiryu & Princess Makoto when Ohka pinned Shiryu with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (10:51).
5. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Survival Match: Ken Ohka defeated Isami Kodaka, Shuji Ishikawa, Ken Ohka, Big Rude, Shigehiro Irie and Cao Zhang.
5a. 6-Man Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka, Big Rude & Ken Ohka defeated Shuji Ishikawa, Shigehiro Irie & Cao Zhang when Isami pinned Irie (17:54).
5b. 3 Way Elimination Match: Ken Ohka defeated Big Rude and Isami Kodaka (6:36).
– Ken Ohka eliminated Big Rude with a German Suplex (2:59).
– Ken Ohka eliminated Isami Kodaka with two Spears Of Fire (6:36).

Ken Ohka surprised everyone when he was the last man standing in the DDT Extreme Survivor Challenge. The challenge was split into two parts. It began as a Six Man Tag Team match. The winning team would then face each other in a 3 Way Elimination match. Shockingly, Ken Ohka was able to defeat both of his partners, Big Rude and Isami Kodaka to win the challenge and earn a shot at Yuko Miyamoto and the DDT Extreme Title. Shuji Ishikawa is putting his faith in Ohka and promises to build up support for him when he faces Miyamoto.

Princess Makoto and Mio Shirai were fighting over the non-existant Union Sexy Championship during their tag team match.

Goro Tsurumi made an appearance after his two sons made a successful Japanese debut. He called out GENTARO and had his two sons ambush him. GENTARO managed to escape when he escaped Tsurumi’s grasp and ducked a Backblow from Goro Jr.

GAMI told Cherry that her passport has been sent over to an Executive Director she knows. Unfortunately GAMI does not remember his name or address. Meanwhile, Cherry Vs Mio Shirai is set for “GOLDEN UNION 2012” in Korakuen Hall on 4th May. This time if Mio Shirai loses, she will have to make her next appearance without wearing any make-up. You know how some women look completely different without make-up? Yeah, this could potentially get nasty and ruin fantasies for some people.

Hiro Tsumaki will return to Union on 4th May.

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BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR” Results

March 29, 2012

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE
329 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Cherry & Great Kojika defeated Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto when Cherry pinned Shirai with the Cherryton Bomb (8:11).
2. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Jaki Numazawa defeated Big Rude by making him say “Propia” (5:55).
3. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: Big Buddy Sanshiro Takagi (Yuji Okabayashi) defeated Sanshiro Takagi X (Batten Tamagawa) with the Golem Splash (9:16)
Other Participants: Sanshiro Takagi, New Sanshiro Takagi, Secret Sanshiro Takagi (Mototsugu Shimizu) and Love Sanshiro Takagi (Abdullah Kobayashi).
4. Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Crab Hold (6:57).
5. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka defeated Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino when Ken Ohka pinned Hoshino with the Spear Of The Flame onto a Ladder (12:22).
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu when Ishikawa pinned Shinobu with the Splash Mountain (12:17).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeated Isami Kodaka (c) with the Swivel Fire Thunder (15:12).
*Isami Kodaka fails in V2. Yuko Miyamoto becomes the 18th DDT Extreme Champion!

Union and Big Japan Wrestling may or may not be at war with each other but their relationship has gotten to the point where a DDT championship is now in the hands of Big Japan. Yuko Miyamoto defeated his long time friend Isami Kodaka to win the DDT Extreme Championship in the main event of Union and BJW’s cross-promoted show in Shinjuku FACE. Both men fought in a Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match, the first time such a match took place in the building. There were no hard feelings after the match, after all Miyamoto & Kodaka currently hold the BJW Tag Team Championship together. In fact, after the match Miyamoto kept on saying how much fun he had at the show and he asked Naomi Susan if Union and Big Japan could hold more joint shows in the future. Susan spoke to Big Japan rep Eiji Tosaka after the show and admitted she was frustrated to see Union lose a championship to Big Japan. However, she also thought the joint show was an interesting experiment.

BIG “G” BANG built some momentum going into their seperate championship bouts next month by defeating a tag team that featured the winner of Big Japan’s recent Ikkitousen tournament. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie continued their winning ways with a victory over Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu, a team that lives by the tagline “Good Friends, Better Enemies.” The action did not stop at the end when the bell rang and a brawl broke out between the two sides.

Look at the result for Match #5. Yes, you read that right. Ken Ohka won a Hardcore match against Big Japan death match wrestlers! It all happened when Kankuro Hoshino placed Ohka on top of a ladder and climbed up top for the Diving Senton. Ohka rolled out of the way and after Hoshino landed on top of the ladder, Ohka hit his patented Spear Of The Flame to get the three count. Ken now thinks that he and Kengo Ohka make for a natural tag team together.

If you think that Sanshiro Takagi does not appear in Union enough then the Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal is just the match for you! There were not enough Sanshiro Takagi taking part in the Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal, so one more Sanshiro Takagi was added to the line up. Big Buddy Sanshiro Takagi (Yuji Okabayashi) was the last Takagi standing, defeating the original Sanshiro Takagi and four other dopplegangers. The Secret Sanshiro Takagi was Mototsugu Shimizu. The Secret in that name stood for Secret Base, Shimizu’s home promotion.

Big Rude and Jaki Numazawa fought each other in an I Quit Match with a difference. Rather than forcing the opponent to say “I quit”, the aim of the match was for each wrestler to force his opponent to say their own sponsor’s name. Both Big Rude and Numazawa are spokesmen for seperate products and have sponsorships from the companies when they wrestle. Big Rude is sponsored by Svenson, a company that specialises in hair restoration products. Numazawa meanwhile is sponsored by Propia, who make shampoo, make up and, I’m not making this up, fake facial hair. Numazawa won the match when he placed Rude in a Camel Clutch and forced him to shout “Propia!”

The official show report on DDT’s website says the Great Kojika and Cherry “graced the opening match in the wisdom of age”. I bet Cherry will be offended when she reads that line.

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Team Ohka Forms, Cherry’s Passport Problem

March 19, 2012

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu
2. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi X Vs Secret Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Love Sanshiro Takagi
3. Cherry & Great Kojika Vs Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto
4. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Big Rude Vs Jaki Numazawa
5. Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka Vs Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto

After earning each other’s repsect in a hard fought match at “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, the two Ohkas will now team together to represent Union against two of Big Japan’s toughest death match fighters.

UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY 2012”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. If Cherry Loses, Her Age Becomes Public – Continued: Cherry Vs GAMI

Just when she thought her secret was safe, Cherry finds her private information at risk once from being revealed once again. Pro Wrestling WAVE founder GAMI has stolen Cherry’s passport and will only give it back if Cherry defeats her in a match.

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

1. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda

El Generico will compete at this show, as will Kurokumo Clutch from Northern Outlaw Wrestling and Kyushu Pro Wrestling.

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GM Ibushi, Hard Hit Workout, Union X BJW Card

March 16, 2012

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takao Soma Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira & Hoshitango
3. Try To Guess The Meaning Of This Card?: HARASHIMA & Guts Ishijima Vs GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
5. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Masa Takanashi

As part of his role as interim General Manager for the night, Kota Ibushi will appear wearing an afro and glasses so he will look like Tsurumi Amon. A lottery will take place for fans with the winner getting a chance to take photos of Ibushi wearing the costume. Other than that, fans in attendance will not be allowed take photos of Ibushi while he is in “GM” mode.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka Vs Taichi Kazato
1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs New Keizo Matsuda & Yoshiya Yamashita
3. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Ken Ohka Vs Kengo Ohka
5. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine

Fans have been encouraged to bring their own roses to add to the 1,000 that will be used in the match. Also due to so many roses being placed into the ring, fans will not be allowed throw streamers into the ring during the introductions.

Hiroshi Fukuda is determined to beat Rion Mizuki with the Perfect Plex so he can impress Rumi Kazama.

Yoshiya Yamashita is from K-DOJO. Taichi Mazato is from nkw and was a part of the New Axe Bombers group that was involved in last year’s dark matches for Union.

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Kenji Takeshima
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. Kosei Kubota Vs Shotaro Nasu
5. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
6. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

A public workout session featuring several of the Hard Hit fighters took place yesterday in Yokohama. Hikaru Sato, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi from Sakaguchi Dojo, Michael Nakazawa and Ryuichi Sekine all took part in the session held in P’s LAB Gym to get ready for their fights.

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu
2. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi X Vs Secret Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Love Sanshiro Takagi
3. Cherry & Great Kojika Vs Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto
4. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Big Rude Vs Jaki Numazawa
5. Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & X Vs Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto

Ken Ohka mentioned Atsushi Ohashi a lot during the press conference for this show but he has not been confirmed as Ohka’s partner for the Hardcore Tag Team match.

Two of the three extra Sanshiro Takagi competing in the Battle Royal have been revealed. Sanshiro Takagi X is Batten Tamagawa, the X stands for Batten’s cross arm pose. Sanshiro Takagi Love is the current BJW Death Match Champion, Abdullah Kobayashi.

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UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA” Results

February 12, 2012

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena
260 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Cherry defeated Maki Narumiya with the Cherryton Bomb (9:24).
2. Special Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi defeated HARU, Agu Matsunaga, Yuki Tanaka and Hideki Shiota (11:20).
3. Kengo Ohka & Madoka defeated New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude when Madoka pinned Rude after Takagi accidentaly gave Rude a Stunner (13:32).
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai defeated Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask when Shirai pinned Mask (16:55).
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda when Irie pinned Fukuda with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (11:54).
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) defeated Sexxxy Eddy with the Zan Isamu Leg (20:52).
*V1 for Isami Kodaka.

Even though Sexxxy Eddy did not win the DDT Extreme Title, he did win over the fans with his gutsy performance. Buckets (trash cans), Ladders, Tables and the dreaded Tonkachi were all used during the match. Eddy earned the highlight of the night by placing one of the buckets over his body and Moonsaulting onto Isami Kodaka. However, Kodaka was able to handle everything his challenger could throw at him and left Osaka with the DDT Extreme Championship still wrapped around his waist.

Black Buffalo rubbed Mio Shirai the wrong way by calling her and Ken Ohka a married couple. Mio corrected him and said she is Ohka’s master, nothing else. Despite her opinion on the matter, she was heard shouting “Do your best, Ohka!” to her tag team partner during the most dramatic moment of the match. Her encouraging words were helpful enough for the mismatched pair to score the upset win.

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Tomorrow’s Union Card

February 11, 2012

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
2. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota Vs Sanshiro Takagi
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Sanshiro Takagi (original) has been added to the Battle Royal.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki
2. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai

It’s been often joked that Cherry’s real age is one of the best kept secrets in wrestling. If Mio Shirai defeats her, will the Union fans be prepared for the truth?

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New Beijing Sold, Cherry’s Announcement, KUDO Ill, BLT Match

February 9, 2012

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Breaking news coming straight in from China. New Beijing Pro Wrestling, a federation with links to DDT that has been running for thousands and thousands of years is now under new ownership. The company was bought out by an up-and-coming bootleg playing card company with grand aspirations to make New Beijing the number one wrestling promotion on the planet. Their planned return to Japan this month will still go ahead with the “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012” beginning and ending in Shin-Kiba 1st RING on the 26th.

With new ownership comes a new structure for the company. New Beijing will now encourage their vast roster of fighters to follow three simple values: Friendship, Effort and Victory. The new owners and staff are now looking forward to visiting Japan for the upcoming tour.

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Cherry
3. Mio Shirai Vs Sexxxy Eddy
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
5. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto
6. Special Singles Match: Ken Ohka Vs El Generico

In an odd choice, Ken Ohka Vs El Generico is the announced main event. Ohka convinced Naomi Susan to put him in the main event because the new Union T-shirt for him and Mio Shirai are selling like hot cakes.

Cherry will have an important announcement on this show about her future in pro wrestling. She says it is something very serious that she has been considering for a while and even tried to go through with several times in the past.

DDT “TRULY ULTRA SUPER BAZOOKA!”, 11/02/2012
Nagoya Arsenal Hall

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Kengo Takai & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 Vs Masa Takanashi & Shota
4. Kenny Omega, El Generico & Sexxxy Eddy Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

KUDO is currently suffering from tonsillitis and will not be able to appear at the show. Hiroshi Fukuda will take his place in the 6-Man Tag Team match. KUDO is still scheduled to compete at Korakuen Hall later this month.

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota
2. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Isami Kodaka has decided to make his DDT Extreme Title bout against Sexxxy Eddy a BLT Match. The “B” stands for Buckets (trash cans), the “L” for Ladders and the “T” for Tonkachi, the giant hammer.

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2012”, 19/02/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aim! Best Tag Team Wrestling Grand Prix: Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
2. School System Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Shiro Koshinaka & Masashi Aoyagi Vs Hiro Saito, Tomo Matsunaga, X & X
3. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & KUDO Vs El Generico & HARASHIMA
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & Masao Inoue
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Antonio Honda

Akito, Hiroshi Fukuda and Sexxxy Eddy will compete on the card, as will Ice Ribbon wrestlers Tsukasa Fujimoto and Hikaru Minami.

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Union Vs Big Japan, Kazuki Hirata Injured

January 18, 2012

DDT “IN CHIBA 2012”, 22/01/2012
Chiba Port Arena

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa
2. HARASHIMA & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
4. Lottery Bonus Match! Angel Vs Devil Showdown!: DJ Nira Vs Jaki Numawzawa
5. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Kenny Omega, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shota
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki

Add another name to the injured list. Kazuki Hirata has suffered damage to his ACL and will miss the Chiba Port Arena show and it is not known how long he will be out of action for. Shota will replace him in the semi-main event.

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mio Shirai Vs Sexxxy Eddy
2. Ken Ohka Vs El Generico
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto

The main event for the Union 10/2 show in Shin-Kiba will be something for fans of Big Japan Wrestling to look forward to. Isami Kodaka has invited his tag team partner Yuko Miyamoto over to Union to defend their BJW Tag Team Championship against Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto. Isami is currently a double champion. He recently won the DDT Extreme Title and has held the BJW Tag Title with Miyamoto since May 2011.

The Union and Big Japan crossover does not stop there. Union announced that they will be hosting a joint show with Big Japan at Shinjuku FACE on 29th March. At the press conference where the news was announced, Ken Ohka said the Union Vs Big Japan rivalry will be a lot like the New Japan Pro Wrestling Vs UWF International feud from 1995. Meanwhile, Yuko Miyamoto said he wanted to have a DDT Extreme Title match with his friend Isami sometime in the future. There was also a mention of Cherry taking on a female Death Match Champion named Toka Kobayashi. Hmmm, that name sounds familiar…

The show will also have the debut match of New Sanshiro Takagi. The original Sanshiro Takagi has seen his workload for both DDT and Union in 2012 become too much to handle, so he has brought along Keizo Matsuda of IWA Japan to literally take his place in Union for the time being. This is not the first time Matsuda has portrayed a duplicate. He was formerly Fake HG in HUSTLE.

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs X & X
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Union will hold its next show two days later and will feature Isami Kodaka defending the DDT Extreme Championship in the main event. His opponent is Canada’s answer for Glenn Quagmire, Sexxxy Eddy in a rematch from their Sexy Diva bout from August 2011.

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UNION “1…2…3…UNION!” Results

January 3, 2012

UNION “1…2…3…UNION!”, 03/01/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,130 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Loser Must Follow Winner On Twitter: RG defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) when Kazama accidentaly hit Fukuda with a chair (7:07).
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Masao Orihara & Big Rude defeated Vladimir Nagai & Ivan Markov (w/ Bonnie) and Kengo Mashimo & Madoka when Morohashi pinned Markov with the Diving Headbutt (8:31).
3. Americas World Mixed Tag Team Titles: NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai (c) defeated Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai when Rongai pinned Ohka with the Total Package (10:21).
*V1 for NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai.
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated KENSO & Yoshiaki Yago when Takagi pinned Yago with the Sitdown Himawari Bomb (14:10).
5. Ayumi Kurihara (c) defeated Cherry with the Exploder Suplex (12:54).
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto when Ishikawa pinned Hashimoto with the Running Knee Lift (14:03).
7. DDT Extreme Title – TLC (Tonkachi, Ladders & Chairs): Isami Kodaka defeated El Generico (c) with the Rasengan (19:27).
*El Generico fails in V4. Isami Kodaka becomes the 17th DDT Extreme Champion!

Union had plenty to celebrate at the beginning of 2012 with Isami Kodaka winning back the DDT Extreme Title from El Generico in a Tonkachi, Ladders & Chairs match. After the hard fought match, Isami told Generico how fun it was to beat him in such an extreme battle. He then wished Generico farewell but was interrupted by Ken Ohka. Generico was challenged by Ohka to a match on 10th February, so the Generic Luchador will be sticking around in Union for at least a little while longer. Meanwhile Isami took centre stage and told the fans he now shared a bond with Kengo Mashimo from K-DOJO, KUDO from DDT and Abdullah Kobayashi from Big Japan. They are all champions who love to wrestle for their companies. Generico then congratulated Isami and said he is a true warrior deserving of the championship as the show drew to a close.

The first match for BIG “G” BANG was a rousing success. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie overcame the Strong BJ side of Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto. With this victory they gain momentum towards their future challenges.

Sanshiro Takagi & KENSO faced off for the first time since their No Rope Exploding Barbed Wire match at “WRESTLE EXPO 2006”. Takagi teamed with the brand new NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tsuyoshi Kikuchi to defeat KENSO and Yoshiaki Yago. The aftermath was very eventful as Kikuchi announced he was joining Union as a full-time wrestler. Takagi joked that Kikuchi had been thinking over his decision since last February. Takagi also talked about how he is so busy now that there needs to be a new Sanshiro Takagi to help take some of his workload. Takagi’s music hit and out came Keizo Matsuda of IWA Japan fame dressed as Takagi and performing his signature entrance.

NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai made a successful first defence of their Americas Mixed Tag Titles over the tsundere team of Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai. Despite their defeat, Mio admitted that she and Ken were starting to gel as a team. But she was adamant that it doesn’t change the dynamic of their “master and servant” relationship.

Big Morohashi has taken inspiration from the late, great Rick Rude and changed his ring name to Big Rude. After winning the 3 Way Tag match with Masao Orihara, the former Seiya Morohashi told his opponents “If you want to become the world’s best villain, you have to be rude!”

The gratuitous Twitter battle between Hiroshi Fukuda and RG opened the show. RG sang to Fukuda’s mentor and valet Rumi Kazama before the match began but the lyrics were about how overweight she was. Rumi tried to get revenge during the match with a steel chair, but RG ducked and Fukuda took the chairshot instead. As a result of his defeat, Fukuda and all of his 611 followers must now follow RG’s Twitter account.

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