Sanshiro Takagi Becomes CEO Of WRESTLE-1

May 5, 2015

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Well this was unexpected. Sanshiro Takagi appeared at today’s WRESTLE-1 event in Korakuen Hall to announce he was the new CEO of the company. W-1 head honcho Keiji Muto introduced him during the show and Takagi said he will be continuing his duties as president of DDT along with his new role. Takagi compared his position to Carlos Ghosn, the current Chairman and CEO of both Renault and Nissan.

Takagi gave a behind the scenes interview to explain the sudden news. There was a management shake-up in W-1 during March with many leaving their positions in “various circumstances”. Takagi attended the 1st April W-1 show in Korakuen Hall and got to see how it was run. He was amazed by the show and the response from the audience. Takagi’s goals for the company is to cut costs, improve merchandise and ticket sales and expand into rural areas.

Takagi’s role with W-1 is simply behind the scenes. He will not be wrestling for them nor will he play a character on their shows. There is no plan for DDT and W-1 to exchange talent. His job is to get W-1 to make a profit. The immediate challenge is to improve show attendences and box office numbers. On the plus side he thinks W-1 has a lot of young talent and a good roster after the company merged with Wrestling New Classic. Takagi hopes this decision will liven up the pro wrestling world.

Just to make things clear, I’m not going to be writing anything else on WRESTLE-1 anytime soon unless DDT is heavily involved with it. W-1 is still a seperate company and Takagi is only working with them behind the scenes. Unless something crazy happens and W-1 gets absorbed into the DDT family or there is a big angle where a DDT act invades, it won’t get much attention here.


DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUGARU SHAMISEN~” Results

May 5, 2015

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUGARU SHAMISEN~”, 05/05/2015
Aomori Hamanasu Hall
417 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI defeated Hoshitango & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when MIKAMI pinned Matsunaga with the Sliding School Boy (7:43).
2. Masa Takanashi defeated Ryota Nakatsu with the Yoikujira (11:15).
3. Akito defeated Gorgeous Matsuno with a Figure Four Leglock (10:10).
4. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Sasaki pinned Takao with thw Now Or Never (17:21).
5. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda when HARASHIMA pinned Fukuda with the Somato (13:54).
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Danshoku Jinsei & Makoto Oishi when KUDO pinned Oishi with the Backspin Kick (15:31).

Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda entered to Arn Anderson’s entrance music (not sure which one).

The Golden☆Storm Riders used fireworks and targeted Shigehiro Irie’s injured knee to secure victory over Team Drift. Irie was taken out with a Piledriver from Daisuke Sasaki. Soma Takao was singled out and hit with a High Kick from Kota Ibushi, the Heart Attack from Suguru Miyatake and then the Now Or Never from Sasaki to finish the match. The Riders afterwards challenged for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

Gorgeous Matsuno requested for his match against Akito to be for the DDT Extreme Title but it was rejected.


DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~” Results

May 4, 2015

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Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
468 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MIKAMI defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Rolling School Boy (7:20).
2. Masa Takanashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Takatonic (14:09).
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Hoshitango & Ryota Nakatsu when KUDO pinned Nakatsu with the Backspin Kick (11:37).
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi “Yakiniku Small Iron” Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Great Kojika) defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno (w/ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi) when Honda submitted Matsuno with a Manjigatame (11:27).
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Jinsei & Makoto Oishi when Ibushi pinned Oishi with the Sit Down Last Ride (15:04).
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito when Irie pinned Akito with the Beast Bomber (18:47).
*V1 for Team Dream Futures.

The main event not only saw a successful KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title defence but also the DDT Extreme Champion being pinned by his next challenger. Shigehiro Irie swore that he will win the title from Akito.

There was a clash of interest with the Infomercial Match. It was originally supposed to advertise Tsuyoshi Kikuchi’s business but The Great Kojika unexpectedly appeared to promote a Big Japan show being held in Sendai on 9th June. The two teams battled over what should be advertised. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda promoted Kikuchi’s business whenever they applied a submission hold while Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno hyped the Big Japan show when they were in control of the match. When the match was over Kikuchi was upset because he wasn’t finished handing out flyers to everyone in the audience.

Masa Takanashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga were both fined for arriving at the company bus late before it took off to Miyagi. They both overslept.


Road To Ryogoku, HARASHIMA Title Rush, Dino Vs Shinzaki

May 2, 2015

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Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Suguru Miyatake
2. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hoshitango & Ryota Nakatsu
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi “Yakiniku Small Iron” Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

Smile Squash became No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles when HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao at Saitama last month.

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Aomori Hamanasu Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Hoshitango & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Masa Takanashi Vs Ryota Nakatsu
3. Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
4. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

For those keeping track the current Right To Challenge Contracts holders are Daisuke Sasaki (he has two), DJ Nira, KUDO and Kazusada Higuchi.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN YAMAGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAMAKON’NYAKU~”, 06/05/2015
Yamagata Big Wing

1. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs MIKAMI & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Hoshitango Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno
5. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

With 5 contracts in play surely one of them can beat HARASHIMA to win the KO-D Openweight Title.

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA”, 17/05/2015
Nagoya Nakamura Sports Center

1. Different Life ~Sound Of Impermanence~: Danshoku Dino Vs Jinsei Shinzaki
2. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Akito (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

We’re getting close to HARASHIMA holding a bunch of DDT championships at the same time again.

The Last Man Standing Match will be pinfall rules. The 10 count only begins after a wrestler is pinned for a three count or gives up from a submission hold.

For the past month Danshoku Dino has been on a pilgrimage to rediscover Danshoku Life. His journey has been relatively peaceful and without danger. But when Dino found out he will be facing Jinsei Shinzaki next his calm demeanour began to fade and he was left shaking in fear. This will be the first big test of his pilgrimage.

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Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs KUDO

If KUDO still has his Right To Challenge Contract he will cash in at this Korakuen Hall show.


DDT “MAX BUMP 2015” Results

April 29, 2015

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DDT “MAX BUMP 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki when Higuchi submitted Iwasaki with the Canadian Backbreaker (8:51).
0. King Of Dark Title: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with the Goten (0:52).
*D9 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Shunma Katsumata with the Purgatory (4:04).
2. BOYZ Vs YaroZ Final Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Brother Tommy & Takayuki Ueki defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito, Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata when Takagi pinned Hirata with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (9:51).
3. KUDO & Masa Takanashi defeated Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita when KUDO pinned Honda with the Buzzsaw Kick (10:50).
*KUDO wins Antonio Honda’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
4. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contention Battle Royal: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Jinsei, MIKAMI, Yasu Urano, Hoshitango, Suguru Miyatake, Saki Akai, Hiroshi Fukuda and DJ Nira when Sasaki grabbed the contract (11:40).
4a. MIKAMI eliminated Hoshitango with the School Boy (3:59).
4b. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Yasu Urano with a Sunset Flip (5:12).
*Daisuke Sasaki wins Yasu Urano’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
4c. Danshoku Dino eliminated MIKAMI with the Buddha Danshoku Driver (6:01).
4d. DJ Nira eliminated Saki Akai with a School Boy (9:27).
*DJ Nira wins Saki Akai’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
4e. DJ Nira eliminated himself by Ring Out (9:49).
4f. Daisuke Sasaki and Suguru Miyatake eliminated Hiroshi Fukuda by Ring Out (10:49).
4g. Daisuke Sasaki grabbed the contract (11:40).
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie when Sekimoto pinned Ishii with the Deadlift German Suplex (18:46).
*V2 for Strong BJ.
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA defeated Kota Ibushi (c) with the Swan Dive Somato (25:54).
*Kota Ibushi fails in V2. HARASHIMA becomes the 50th KO-D Openweight Champion!

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In a rematch of their Saitama Super Arena main event, HARASHIMA got his revenge and the KO-D Openweight Title back from Kota Ibushi in front of a packed house at Korakuen Hall. Neither men held anything back. Ibushi hit the Phoenix Splash for a nearfall. HARASHIMA pulled out the Firebird Splash, a move he hasn’t used in years for a nearfall of his own. The match went dangerously close to ending the same way as Saitama when Ibushi stopped HARASHIMA from doing the Swan Dive Somato and held him in position for the Phoenix Plex. This time around HARASHIMA avoided the ultra finisher by Headbutting Ibushi until the champion lost his grip. HARASHIMA then lifted Ibushi up for a Canadian Backbreaker and dropped him vertically into a Facebuster. With Ibushi taken out by this new move, HARASHIMA hit the Swan Dive Somato to seal the deal. With a gleaming smile HARASHIMA graciously accepted a bowing handshake from Ibushi. The former champion could only say “Thank you” before he was helped to the back by his Golden☆Storm Rider team mates. HARASHIMA said he was insanely happy to be champion again and he called Ibushi the best and the strongest.

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Kazusada Higuchi came out to announce the possible KO-D Title match between himself and HARASHIMA at Sapporo Teisen Hall on 24th May. Higuchi said he didn’t see the match but still he thought it was really terrible. HARASHIMA called Higuchi an awesome threat for a rookie and wished him luck. KUDO then came out and said he will get his KO-D Title shot at Korakuen on 31st May. HARASHIMA noted how tough it will be to have two title defences in two weeks but he’s up for the challenge. Why? Because he trains!

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Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi saw off the challenge from Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie to keep the KO-D Tag Team Titles around their waists. Ishii showed great strength when he gave Sekimoto the High Angle Double Arm DDT but Okabayashi stopped the pin. Sekimoto ducked the Kneel Kick and deadlifted Ishii into a Vertical Drop Brainbuster. Ishii kicked out at 2 but was finished after a Lariat and the Deadlift German Suplex. The champions identified Drift as a great tag team in a backstage interview and credited them for being prepared and for having a strong bond. Okabayashi wants to defend the titles more and more until they beat everyone in DDT.

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The remaining Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract was up for grabs in another Royal Rumble Ladder match. Two other contracts were on the line since the wrestlers holding them were in the match. Those two contracts did in fact change hands. Daisuke Sasaki pinned Yasu Urano to win his contract and DJ Nira pinned Saki Akai to win hers, ruining her chance to cash in later in the night. DJ Nira eliminated himself to prevent getting pinned by jumping out of the ring. Sasaki tried the same but the remaining wrestlers stopped him. Sasaki convinced his team mate Suguru Miyatake that he wanted no further part in the match and he would let Miyatake grab the last contract. Miyatake climbed the ladder and Sasaki knocked it over, knocking Miyatake onto the ropes. Sasaki then repositioned the ladder and climbed it to pull down the prize. He now has two contracts in his possession.

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Another Right To Challenge Contract changed hands when KUDO pinned Antonio Honda in a tag match. All of Shuten-dōji celebrated with a toast in the ring.

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Who was the mystery partner for the YaroZ team? It was “Mr. Policeman” Takayuki Ueki and he’s here to arrest the BOYZ team! Ueki pulled out a gun late into the match but Kazuki Hirata was quick to disarm him. Brother Tommy accidentaly broke the HIRATA GO glasses but Ueki came to the rescue with glasses for everbody! “TOKYO GO” played over the speakers and everyone decided to dance. As that went on Sanshiro Takagi pinned Hirata with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb.

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Today is the one year anniversary of Shunma Katsumata’s debut match. Yukio Sakaguchi didn’t care and knocked out the rookie with some High Kicks.

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After the dark match Gota Ihashi stormed out and complained about not being booked on this show. He demanded a match and to put his King Of Dark Title on the line so he can finally escape from dark match hell. Kazusada Higuchi accepted the match despite having just wrestled. Ihashi hit him with the title belt but then ran into a Big Boot. Higuchi then pinned him with the Goten.

Danshoku Dino’s Buddhist pilgrimmage will lead him towards a very spiritual wrestler. On 17th May Dino will take on Jinsei Shinzaki! Dino is now in deep meditation and was silent for his entire post-match interview. Also on the show Akito defends the DDT Extreme Title against Shigehiro Irie in a Last Man Standing match.

Masa Takanashi has decided to cash in his Right To Host Box Office contract. With this contract the holder can book his own show. Takanashi decided he will share the prize with KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi and so on 22nd July there will be a Shuten-dōji produced event at Shinjuku FACE.


Tomorrow’s Big Cards

April 28, 2015

DDT “MAX BUMP 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki
1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. BOYZ Vs YaroZ Final Match: Makoto Oishi, Akito, Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Brother Tommy & X
3. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi
4. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contention Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hoshitango Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Saki Akai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs DJ Nira
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Donation boxes for the Nepal earthquake will be set up in the Korakuen Hall lobby.

Tomomitsu Matsunaga will again be absent so Brother Tommy will come back to replace him on the YaroZ team.

For those keeping track Antonio Honda, Yasu Urano, Saki Akai & Kazusada Higuchi are the current Right To Challenge Contract holders.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Ladybeard (w/ Ryu Gouma)
3. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – 3 Way Match: Cherry (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi Vs Hibiscus Mii
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Kengo Ohka & Seiya Morohashi
5. MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT Vs Daichi Kazato, Mitomi Masayuki & Masato Shibata
6. 2nd Generation Muscle Sakai Final: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Super Sasadango Machine
7. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
8. Union MAX Title – 1,000 Rose Death Match: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Fans are invited to bring roses to be used in the main event.


NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING – DAY 2” Results

April 26, 2015

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NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING – DAY 2”, 26/04/2015
Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall
80,000+ Viewers

0. King Of Dark Title: Suguru Miyatake defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with the Heart Attack (7:35).
*D8 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki when Higuchi submitted Iwasaki with the Canadian Backbreaker (10:12).
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Erin defeated Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki when Yamashita pinned Sakazaki with the Crash Rabbit Heat (10:51).
3. Shigehiro Irie defeated Super Sasadango Machine with the Flying Sausage (10:18).
4. Idol Wrestling: Kamen Joshi defeated Homoiro Clover Z when Yoshihiko pinned Makoto Oishi with the Reincarnation (12:52).
5. Rumble Match: Saki Akai defeated Michael Nakazawa, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Shunma Katsumata, Nonoko, Yoshihiko and DJ Nira (11:36).
5a. Everyone eliminated Nonoko by Pinfall (3:38).
5b. Yoshihiko eliminated Masa Takanashi with a Body Attack (5:00).
5c. Yoshihiko eliminated Shunma Katsumata with a Hurricanrana (5:16).
5d. Yoshihiko eliminated Keisuke Ishii with the Reincarnation (6:52).
5e. Tomomitsu Matsunaga eliminated Yoshihiko with a Cradle (6:58).
*Tomomitsu Matsunaga wins Yoshihiko’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
5f. Tomomitsu Matsunaga eliminated Soma Takao with a Cradle (8:33).
5g. DJ Nira eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with La Magistral Cradle (8:50).
*DJ Nira wins Tomomitsu Matsunaga’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
5h. Saki Akai eliminated DJ Nira with a Camel Clutch (9:53).
*Saki Akai wins DJ Nira’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
5i. Saki Akai defeated Michael Nakazawa by Ring Out (11:36).
6. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Ibushi pinned Oishi with the Sit Down Last Ride (16:23).
7. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when KUDO pinned Hirata with the Backspin Kick (9:25).
8. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda when HARASHIMA pinned Fukuda with the Somato (16:08).
9. DAY 2 Last Match – Michinoku Pro In Niconico Super Conference: Sanshiro Takagi & Super Sasadango Machine defeated Taro Nohashi & Kenbai (w/ San-chan) when Takagi pinned Kenbai with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (7:51).

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The main event was changed when it was reported Bob Sapp hadn’t arrived in the arena yet and was suffering from enormous damage after his defeat to Sachiko Kobayashi yesterday. Super Sasadango Machine took his place and was victorious with Sanshiro Takagi over the Michinoku Pro team. Sapp finally appeared after the match and challenged M-Pro’s guest San-chan to a fight. San-chan was outmatched and overpowered but was encouraged by the others to continue. Chibi Tiger and members of the TV show Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! came down to help him and everyone had to be seperated. San-chan swore he will do his best to have his debut wrestling match later this year.

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An example of the stream chat making memes took place in the semi-main event. During the match Yasu Urano told Hiroshi Fukuda that he is no big deal. This caused the chat to be flooded with “Fukuda is no big deal” comments.

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Kazuki Hirata was physically stopped from dancing during his entrance. Hirata sulked throughout the match until he got his glasses back.

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Kota Ibushi just couldn’t help himself and made his match spread across the convention hall. With Michael Nakazawa in his corner once more, Ibushi dragged Daisuke Sasaki, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi over to exhibits like the Guinness World Record Challenge booth, a dinosaur skeleton display and a Niconico van which Ibushi of course Moonsaulted off of.

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A single Right To Challenge Contract was passed around three times in the Rumble Match. Tomomitsu Matsunaga pinned Yoshihiko to win its contract, then DJ Nira pinned Matsunaga. Saki Akai tapped out Nira with a Modified Camel Clutch but there was one more person left to enter. Out came Michael Nakazawa back from Singapore! He greeted the crowd and then went straight for Akai and her contract. Akai pulled down the ropes behind her and Nakazawa went flying out of the ring to end the match. Akai said she wants to cash in her contract at the next Korakuen Hall show. She also credited meeting Genichiro Tenryu yesterday for giving her extra fighting spirit.

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The Kamen Joshi musical performance was interrupted by Homoiro Clover Z members Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Hiroshi Fukuda. The two groups had a dance contest which Kamen Joshi won. Homoiro Clover Z took the defeat badly and attacked the idols. Help came in the forms of Shigehiro Irie and Yoshihiko. They and the Kamen Girls overpowered Dino’s crew and chased them off before performing another song.

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Super Sasadango Machine repeated yesterday’s strategy on Shigehiro Irie. That is he encouraged the stream chat to type “Irie, behind you!” whenever Irie climbed the top rope. Sasadango also did som calculations and discovered his strategy to beat Ibushi yesterday only caused 35% damage instead of the 70% he originally predicted. There was also a ring girl present and Sasadango gave her a piece of paper that said “Room No. 2735” to use as another distraction. The plan backfired when another Super Sasadango Machine appeared and flirted with the ring girl, distracting the original. Irie capitalised and pinned Sasadango with the Flying Sausage. He then unmasked the imposter Sasadango and revealed him to be Hiroshi Fukuda.

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The ring suffered some damage during the King Of Dark Title match. When the match was over Gota Ihashi did some impersonations of Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi to keep the crowd entertained while the ring was being repaired.


NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING – DAY 1” Results

April 25, 2015

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NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING – DAY 1”, 25/04/2015
Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall
130,000+ Viewers

0. King Of Dark Title: DJ Nira defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Jumping Crucifix Pin (0:35).
*D6 for Gota Ihashi.
0a. King Of Dark Title – Sumo Match: DJ Nira defeated Gota Ihashi (c) by Takedown (0:03).
*D7 for Gota Ihashi.
0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Kota Umeda with the Canadian Backbreaker (8:56).
1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Kouki Iwasaki & Hoshitango when Ishii pinned Iwasaki with the Kneel Kick (9:38).
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu defeated Erin & Shoko Nakajima when Akai pinned Nakajima with the Rookie Award (10:00).
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Shunma Katsumata & Suguru Miyatake defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Matsunaga pinned Hirata with a Backslide Pin (0:06).
3a. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Shunma Katsumata & Suguru Miyatake when Hirata pinned Katsumata with a One Shot Miracle Cradle (8:11).
4. Live Game Wrestling: Danshoku Dino defeated M.S.S.P (2-1).
5. Yuru-chara Pro Wrestling: Fukka-chan defeated Kumamon, Gunma-chan, Chiba-kun, Unari-kun, Shusse Daimyou Ieyasukun, Okazaemon, Zushihocky, Udon-no, Usoko Ne-san, Barber-kun and Burikatsu-kun.
6. Yoshihiko defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Yoshihiko Destroyer (5:37).
*Yoshihiko wins Hiroshi Fukuda’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
7. Genichiro Tenryu, Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Takeshita pinned Takanashi with the 19 Year Old (12:29).
8. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Super Sasadango Machine & Yasu Urano when Ibushi pinned Sasadango with the Vertical Drop Lehmann Shock (8:55).
9. Wedding Pro Wrestling: Atari-san Vs Mayutan ended in a No Contest when Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi interfered (16:37).
10. HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when HARASHIMA pinned Oishi with the Somato (13:42).
11. DAY 1 Last Match: Sachiko Kobayashi & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Bob Sapp & Danshoku Dino when Kobayashi pinned Sapp with the Final Boss (17:05).

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Over the space of a day DDT with the help of au held a bunch of matches inside the Niconico Chokaigi Super Conference. Airing live on Niconico, DDT claims the stream had over 130,000 viewers at its peak. The stream chat had a vital role during the show. The chat appeared on the arena screen in real time for all to see, scrolling across sideways in a “bullet hell” format.

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There was a “wedding” between a 39 year old man named Atari and a 17 year old woman named Mayutan that devolved into a pie fight and was interrupted by Danshoku Dino. Also Mr. AKIBA was there to catch the bouquet. Dino got his hands on the groom until HARASHIMA and Akito came to the rescue. A match was then held between HARASHIMA & Akito versus Dino & Makoto Oishi to determine if the bride and groom could get married. HARASHIMA & Akito won but Dino had one more trick up his sleeve to stop the marriage… Bob Sapp! Dino fought off HARASHIMA & Akito while Sapp overpowered Atari to stop him from kissing the bride. All hope was lost until “TAKE THE DREAM” played over the speakers. Out came Kensuke Sasaki! There was a masked woman next to him who was revealed to be famous singer Sachiko Kobayashi. She easily destroyed both Dino Sapp to bring an end to the fiasco. Atari and Mayutan finally kissed while everyone around them cheered.

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The Niconico Super Conference was the perfect location for a Super Sasadango Machine PowerPoint presentation. Today’s strategy to beat Kota Ibushi involved using the Niconico chat on screen to distract Ibushi from doing the Phoenix Splash. Sasadango told the viewers to post “Ibushi, behind you!” whenever he was going up to the top rope and faced the screen. This would confuse Ibushi and give Sasadango time to climb up and do a top rope Brainbuster that would inflict 70% HP damage. Sasadango was certain that it would work so well that Ibushi would move full time to New Japan as a result. The distraction worked several times and in the end Sasadango hit the top rope Brainbuster followed by the Vertical Drop Lehmann Shock. Ibushi then kicked out at one. Sasadango was stunned, so much so that he removed his mask in shock. Ibushi got up and did his own Lehmann Shock to win the match.

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Genichiro Tenryu and Yukio Sakaguchi had a staredown after their match. Tenryu offered a handshake but Sakaguchi chopped him instead! Tenryu struck back with a chop of his own and the two stared each other down again. In a backstage interview Sakaguchi said he would fight Tenryu one-on-one anytime.

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Racial tensions highlighted the match between Hiroshi Fukuda and Yoshihiko. Fukuda was angry he had to fight a doll instead of somebody American or a white Hispanic. He then accused Yoshihiko of just being a sex doll and attacked it to start the match. Yoshihiko turned the tables with a Swan Dive Swinging DDT but Fukuda was back in control when he applied the Sleeper Hold. After doing the Michinoku Driver three times, he climbed up top and yelled he would do a 450 Splash. Yoshihiko suddenly sprang up to Fukuda and threw him off the top rope. Daisuke Kiso was then accidentally knocked out in the crossfire. Fukuda saw his chance and struck Yoshihiko with his tambourine while the ref was down. Unfortunately Kiso was still unconscious when Fukuda went for the pin. Fukuda revived him but Yoshihiko was back up and hit the Yoshihiko Destroyer for the three count, winning Fukuda’s Right To Challenge contract in the process!

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Sadly the mascots in Yuru-chara Pro Wrestling did not actually wrestle. Actually, I’m not quite sure what it is they did. In fact some of them had a lot of trouble trying to get into the ring and the entire entrance portion of the segment took 23 minutes. Kumamon shook the ropes like the Ultimate Warrior and attacked the others with a towel (Why? For the glory of Satan of course!). Okazaemon brought in a chair for all the mascots to play musical chairs with. One of the mascots removed its head to reveal a smaller, lightweight mask for it to see better. Burikatsu-kun spoke and complained about being tired so Amon Tsurumi stopped the match. Guest ring announcer Terashima Yufu picked Fukka-chan as the winner because she believed it worked the hardest. It is also her favourite mascot so favouritism probably played a part in this. The mascots then played a proper game of musical chairs which Fukka-chan also won. Kumamon did not give a fuck during this and heeled on everyone.

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M.S.S.P is a Let’s Play group and they were at the event challenging Danshoku Dino to some video games. The first game was Fire Pro Returns on the Playstation 2. Dino played as the Fire Pro version of himself and his opponent picked Taiji Ishimori. Dino won with the Danshoku Driver. The next game was Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match for the Famicom. M.R.R.P won this round. The final round was on Kinnikuman Tag again after an audience vote. Dino defeated M.R.R.P to win the challenge. He then chased after them to do some lewd things end the segment.

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Kazuki Hirata was too busy dancing to notice Tomomitsu Matsunaga sneaking behind him for a flash three count. The screen filled with lines of 88888888 from the stream chat which represents an applause in Japanese internet speak. An immediate rematch was held and Hirata redeemed himself by getting the win for his team.

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Gota Ihashi continues to be stuck in dark match hell. He lost to DJ Nira not once but twice in two successive King Of Dark Title matches. The second match was a sumo bout with a masked Hoshitango as the referee. Nira somehow won when he tried to lift Ihashi and the champion collapsed under his own weight.

MIKAMI missed the show due to a high fever. Kouki Iwasaki took his place.


Max Bump & Golden Union Cards, Upcoming Title Matches, Goodbye Teisen

April 22, 2015

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Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki
1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. BOYZ Vs YaroZ Final Match: Makoto Oishi, Akito, Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & X
3. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi
4. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contention Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hoshitango Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Saki Akai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs DJ Nira
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

So two of the wrestlers fighting over the last Right To Challenge Contract already have contracts. That’s a little unfair. I assume Hiroshi Fukuda’s and Yasu Urano’s contracts will be safe if they are just eliminated by ring out.

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Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Ladybeard (w/ Ryu Gouma)
3. 2nd Generation Muscle Sakai Final: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Super Sasadango Machine
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – 3 Way Match: Cherry (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi Vs Hibiscus Mii
5. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Kengo Ohka & Seiya Morohashi
6. MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT Vs Daichi Kazato, Mitomi Masayuki & Masato Shibata
7. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
8. Union MAX Title – 1,000 Rose Death Match: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The King Legion will be represented in full.

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Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Dai Suzuki
2. Kota Umeda Vs Masaya Takahashi
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Atsushi Aoki
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuji Hino
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata

Tomoya Kawamura will miss the show due to injury. Kota Umeda takes his place.

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Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

New challengers at last!

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUGARU SHAMISEN~”, 05/05/2015
Aomori Hamanasu Hall

1. Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

After spending months and months legitimising the DDT Extreme Title, Akito now faces his toughest test, Gorgeous Matsuno’s karaoke.

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Yamagata Big Wing

1. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
2. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

I’m assuming the KO-D Openweight Champion, if it’s either Kota Ibushi or HARASHIMA will be on all three shows on the week beginning 4th May. Maybe a Right To Challenge cash in can take place here?

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Nagoya Nakamura Sports Center

1. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Akito has picked Shigehiro Irie to be the next challenger for the DDT Extreme Title. It means a lot for Irie to get the title shot in Nagoya where he wrestled for several years before joining DDT.

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Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

The DNA stand out Kazusada Higuchi has made it public that he will cash in his Right To Challenge Contract in his home prefecture of Hokkaido. All he has to do is not lose it until then. He’s on the right track because he has yet to drop a fall in his young pro wrestling career.

Saki Akai and Tomoya will wrestle on the show.

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Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: X Vs X

Sapporo Teisen Hall will be closing down in June. The venue has been a popular destination for indie wrestling with DDT and Big Japan among others hosting shows whenever they were in Sapporo. Apparently Big Japan will hold the final wrestling show in the building but before that DDT will say goodbye with a double show in May.


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 1” Results

April 19, 2015

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Saitama Kasukabe Hall
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0. King Of Dark Title: Yasu Urano defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Headlock (3:47).
*D5 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Kazusada Higuchi defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Canadian Backbreaker (4:39).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Skewered Jumping Knee (4:46).
3. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino defeated MIKAMI, Antonio Honda and Saki Akai when Dino pinned MIKAMI with the Nembutsu Danshoku Driver (7:18).
4. Kazuki Hirata Tokyo GO! Numbers Game – Round 3: KUDO defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Backspin Kick (7:13).
5. BOYZ-gun Vs YaroZ-gun: Kota Ibushi, Makoto Oishi, Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Shigehiro Irie & Brother Tommy when Oishi pinned Tommy with a Horizontal Cradle (8:33).
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao when Urano pinned Takao after the Somato (10:18).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Iron Man Match: Akito (c) (2) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (2) ended in a draw (60:00).
7a. Daisuke Sasaki (1) defeated Akito (0) with the Sasaki Hurricanrana (16:01).
7b. Akito (1) defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Scorpion Armlock (19:28).
7c. Daisuke Sasaki (2) defeated Akito (1) with La Mistica Crossface Lock (36:30).
7d. Akito (2) defeated Daisuke Sasaki (2) with the Kinniku Big Move (45:22).
– Sudden Death: Akito (c) defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Perfect Figure Four Leglock (6:48).
*V1 for Akito.

The DDT Extreme Title was up for grabs in a gruelling 60 minute Ironman match, continuing the trend of the championship being defended in serious skill-based matches. The champion Akito had already lost to the challenger Daisuke Sasaki in March. A rematch went 30 minutes without a winner and now even 60 minutes isn’t enough to determine who is more worthy of being champion. Sasaki scored the first fall with a Hurricanrana but Akito equalised with a Scorpion Armlock submission. Akito thought outside of the box with La Mistica into the Crossface Lock to go ahead again. A double countout occurred shortly afterwards when the two fought outside and did what they could to prevent the other from re-entering the ring. Akito made it a tie score at the 45th minute with the Kinniku Big Move. In the dying moments of the match Sasaki used TAKA Michinoku’s Dick Killer submission (Sasaki was trained by Dick Togo, the wrestler TAKA designed the move to use against) but Akito persevered until the bell rang to end the match at 2 falls a piece. A draw would have counted as a successful defence for Akito but the champion refused and wanted the match to restart so they could determine a winner. Sudden death overtime began and the two were able to fight for 6 more minutes until Akito finally got the better of Sasaki with an Arm Clutch Figure Four Leglock. With nowhere to escape Sasaki had to give up. After the match the two reminisced about their first matches together at the Monthly Young Communication shows DDT used to do. Akito said he will continue to wrestle Sasaki any number of times in the future if they can.

Akito pointed out that his next title defence will be in Nagoya on 17th May. He nominated Shigehiro Irie as his next challenger since Nagoya is a place close to Irie’s heart. Irie was “amazingly happy” to be chosen and he knows he will be fighting the best.

HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano signalled their intentions to go after the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles after beating Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao. Ishii has no time to worry about that. His full attention is on the KO-D Tag Team Title shot at the end of the month.

We almost had the first Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract cash in. Hiroshi Fukuda entered the ring after the BOYZ Vs YaroZ match with the intention of challenging a tired Kota Ibushi for the KO-D Openweight Title. Problem is Ibushi wasn’t feeling tired. In fact he was ready to wrestle again there and then. Fukuda suddenly got cold feet and changed his mind. He remembered he has other errands to attend to and will challenge Ibushi another time. Amon Tsurumi told Fukuda he could cash in after the Ibushi Vs HARASHIMA match at Korakuen Hall. Fukuda played dumb and acted like he wasn’t sure what time that show is taking place before leaving the ring.

The YaroZ team had a secret weapon prepared for their BOYZ opponents. Brother Tommy introduced another MC midway through the match, Rashiki Ihashi. Unfortunately Ihashi’s interference backfired and cost YaroZ the match. Sanshiro Takagi was annoyed by losing because of an outside party and demanded a rematch without any interference from either side. BOYZ Vs YaroZ will have one final match at the 29th April Korakuen Hall show.

Before the latest Tokyo GO! match took place, Yukio Sakaguchi presented KUDO with the HIRATA GO glasses he wore in Yokohama. KUDO stubbornly refused to wear them. Kazuki Hirata came down to the ring angry that his glasses were stolen by Sakaguchi but he luckily had a spare one with him. As the match went on KUDO was eventually convinced to put on the glasses to go against Hirata’s. KUDO brought an end to the nonsense when he kicked Hirata in the head so hard the glasses flew off.

Ever since Danshoku Dino begun his “Danshoku Life” pilgrimage, MIKAMI has lost to him three times in a row.

Yasu Urano avoided dark match hell when he beat Gota Ihashi in the King of Dark Title match. Urano submitted Ihashi with a tight Headlock, the very same ending that happened in Ihashi’s debut DDT match almost 6 years ago.