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Tomorrow’s Lottery Show, Ishii Has The Fever (The Bad Kind)

January 2, 2015

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS ¥2000 BOX OFFICE!! 2015”, 03/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

Michael Nakazawa Army

HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito, Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki, Suguru Miyatake, KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Bernard Ackah, Super Sasadango Machine, Saki Akai, DJ Nira, Shunma Katsumata and Gota Ihashi

Danshoku Dino Army

Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, MIKAMI, Yoshihiko, Hoshitango, Makoto Oishi Kouta Umeda and X

Well this is a little odd. Only one match has been announced in advance for tomorrow’s show. The rest of the card is supposed to be filled with matches in the Team Dino Vs Team Nakazawa New Year series.

Keisuke Ishii is out of action with a high fever. He missed the New Year’s Eve show and also an AJPW Jr. Title match that was due to take place in All Japan today. DDT is currently searching for someone to replace his spot in Danshoku Dino’s team.

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“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2014” Results

December 31, 2014

DDT, BJW, K-DOJO “NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2014”, 31/12/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,403 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block A Round 1: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi when Kodaka pinned Sakaguchi with a European Clutch (7:02).
2. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block A Round 1: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Oishi pinned Takao after the Cactus Flower (6:48).
3. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block B Round 1: Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi defeated Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazuki Hashimoto when Hino pinned Hashimoto with the Fucking BOMB (7:43).
4. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block B Round 1: Daisuke Sekimoto & Antonio Honda defeated Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine when Sekimoto pinned Sekine with the German Suplex (6:07).
5. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block C Round 1: Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai Vs Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
5a. Sudden Death: Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai defeated Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba when Mashimo pinned Hoshino with a Jumping Enzuigiri (0:04).
6. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament Hardcore Match – Block C Round 1: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
6a. Sudden Death: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo when Ito pinned Endo with the Dragon Kicker (2:51).
7. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block D Round 1: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei when HARASHIMA pinned Kei with the Somato (7:16).
8. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block D Round 1: TAKA Michinoku & Great Kojika defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi when Kojika pinned Takagi with the Rice Cake Assisted Iron Claw (5:04).
9. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block A Round 2: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka defeated Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi when Kodaka pinned Oishi with the Isamuashi Zan (1:33).
10. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block B Round 2: Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi defeated Daisuke Sekimoto & Antonio Honda when Okabayashi pinned Honda with the Golem Splash (8:53).
11. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament Hardcore Match – Block C Round 2: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa defeated Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai when Numazawa pinned Nagai with a Horizontal Cradle (6:30).
12. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block D Round 2: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs TAKA Michinoku & Great Kojika ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
12a. Sudden Death: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated TAKA Michinoku & Great Kojika when Urano pinned Kojika with a School Boy (0:38).
13. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Semi Final: Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Okabayashi pinned Urano with the Golem Splash (13:46).
14. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match – Semi Final: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka defeated Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa when Miyamoto pinned Numazawa with the Fire Thunder (10:11).
15. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Final: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka defeated Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi when Miyamoto pinned Okabayashi with the Moonsault (13:30).

DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO were in Korakuen Hall for their annual New Year’s Eve event. This year the show was entirely built around a tag team tournament featuring wrestlers from all three promotions. Matches that ended in a Time Limit Draw went to Sudden Death with one count pinfalls. Danshoku Dino and Keisuke Ishii were originally supposed to compete but were both pulled from the show, Dino due to a hernia and Ishii due to a fever. Antonio Honda and Soma Takao took their places.

Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka capped off a successful 2014 by winning the tag team tournament. Yankee Nichokenju defeated four strong teams to be claimed the winners: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi, Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa and in the final Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi.

Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo fought Big Japan’s deathmatch duo Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa. The bout was turned into a hardcore match with steel chairs placed around the ring. Endo was left a bloody mess but he and Takeshita fought until the time expired. Unfortunately in Sudden Death, Ito pinned Endo for his team to advance. Backstage Endo said he will nominate Ito & Numazawa as the next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles after they beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi in Saitama Super Arena!

Ito & Numazawa took the violent road up to the semi-finals. Each of their matches in the tournament were Hardcore Matches. Their semi-final against Kodaka & Miyamoto was also a Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match! It was also the match that was taking place when the clock struck midnight.

Takayuki Ueki was in the Brahman Brothers’ corner for their match against HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano. Ueki pulled out a gun and threatened to use it on everybody but it was just to distract everyone for a Diving Cross Body. Everybody just moved out of the way and he missed.

TAKA Michinoku waited until the show began to announce his mystery partner. It was The Great Kojika! Their opponents Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi brought in a bucket of rice cakes to use as weapons. The plan backfired when Kojika forced a rice cake into Takagi’s mouth and pinned him in the process.

The Japan Indie Awards 2014 were presented by Samurai! TV during the show. DDT won the Best Box Office (17th August “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014”), Best Bout (Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo, 28th September) and MVP (HARASHIMA) awards. Best Unit went to Muno Taiyo (The Great Sasauke & Brahman Brothers) from Michinoku Pro and Best Newcomer went to Takayuki Ueki from Big Japan.

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Ganbare, New Year, DNA, Shirai Vs Shirai

December 26, 2014

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 9”, 28/12/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. URRC Round 3 ~THE BEST OF ANGELA AMI~: Angela Ami Vs Miyako Matsumoto
2. Special Gilgamesh Timeslip Match ~Ganbare☆Wrestling Bubble To GO!!~: Madoka Vs Tiger Bed Scene (w/ Mai Chusonji & Kaori Masukoji)
3. Forbidden Encounter – Karate Vs Karate Chop: Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Chikara
4. EPISODE 2 Man Of War INTROJECTION: Yukihiro Abe Vs GENTARO
5. Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shota & Tomoya Kawamura

Manami Koda has her first match under her new idol name Angela Ami.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS ¥2000 BOX OFFICE!! 2015”, 03/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

As is tradition DDT kicks off the new year with a packed show in Korakuen Hall built around a team challenge. This year’s edition will be Team Nakazawa Vs Team Dino. However Danshoku Dino is still recovering from a herniated disc and will not participate in any wrestling match on the day. The two held a draft over Christmas and the team rosters have been finalised.

Michael Nakazawa Army

Danshoku Dino Army

Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, MIKAMI, Yoshihiko, Hoshitango, Makoto Oishi and Kouta Umeda

DDT “DNA 2”, 09/01/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Dai Suzuki Vs Shota
2. Kouta Umeda Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Jiro Kuroshio
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto
5. Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
6. Suguru Miyatake Vs Jun Kasai

The second DNA show features some guests like Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya from Diamond Ring, Jiro Kuroshio from WRESTLE-1 and Hideki Suzuki from IGF.

UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2015”, 10/01/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. FUMA, Daichi Kazato, SAGAT & Mio Shirai Vs Isami Kodaka, Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Cherry

Special rules will be put in place for the 8-Person Tag Team match.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2”, 14/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mio Shirai Vs Io Shirai

After a successful show first time around, Mio Shirai brings back the collaboration between Union, OZ Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Ice Ribbon. The big news about this show is Mio challenging her sister Io Shirai to a match. The two have rarely been in the ring together since their tag team split apart in 2012.

Other wrestlers scheduled to appear are Mayumi Ozaki, Isami Kodaka, Tsukasa Fujimoto and Yumi Ohka.

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, X & X Vs Yoshihiko, X & X
3. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs X & X
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
5. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

The Super TLC Match involves 10 Tables, 3 Ladders and 100 Chairs.

Michael Nakazawa’s final DDT match will also be Danshoku Dino’s return match from injury.

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DDT “NEVER MIND 2014” Results

December 23, 2014

DDT “NEVER MIND 2014”, 23/12/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,014 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. DNA Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kouta Umeda when Higuchi submitted Iwasaki with the Canadian Backbreaker (9:29).
1. Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Yasu Urano, MIKAMI, Antonio Honda & DJ Nira when Hirata pinned Honda with a Small Package (9:29).
2. Makoto Oishi defeated Akito with a Cross Kneelock (7:54).
3. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Bernard Ackah (w/ LiLiCo) with La Magistral Cradle (4:08).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshihiko defeated LiLiCo (c) with a Diving Body Attack (12:41 pm).
*Yoshihiko becomes the 1,010th champion.
4. Golden☆Storm Riders New Member Final Audition: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Gota Ihashi, Shunma Katsumata, Suguru Miyatake & Chinsuke Nakamura (11:34)
4a. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Shunma Katsumata with the Cross Facelock (4:42).
4b. Kota Ibushi eliminated Chinsuke Nakamura with the Easy Last Ride (6:32).
4c. Kota Ibushi eliminated Suguru Miyatake with the Sit Down Last Ride (11:34).
*Suguru Miyatake passes the audition.
5. Michael Nakazawa Holiday Countdown 4 – Nakazawa’s Untold History ~History Did Not Move Much At The Time~: Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi defeated Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Takanashi pinned Nakazawa with a Cradle (0:29).
5a. Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi defeated Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Sato submitted Nakazawa with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker (8:58).
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi when Takeshita pinned Sakaguchi with the German Suplex (18:08).
*V4 for Happy Motel.
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Somato (22:21).
*V7 for HARASHIMA.

DDT ends 2014 with a sold out crowd at Korakuen Hall and a cleared path on the road to Saitama Super Arena next February. In the main event HARASHIMA put the KO-D Openweight Title on the line against Shigehiro Irie, the last member of Team Dream Futures to go through in his current title reign. Irie was fueled by his desire to get revenge for his friends but as always HARASHIMA’s training meant the champion came out on top. After the match Irie still wanted HARASHIMA to apologise to Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao but they pulled him away from the ring. HARASHIMA described Irie as a dangerous opponent and he was so strong that it was almost cheating. But he was still better. Kota Ibushi then entered the ring and faced off with HARASHIMA. Ibushi simply said “It’s been a long time. Saitama Super Arena. Thank you.”

Happy Motel is still accepting vacancies. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo scored their 4th successful defence of the KO-D Tag Team Titles against Shuten-dōji. The champs were able to get rid of KUDO and isolate Yukio Sakaguchi inside the ring. A short range Lariat from Takeshita, the Sky Twister Press from Endo and then a German Suplex from Takeshita was enough to put away Sakaguchi. Takeshita thanked Shuten-dōji after the match for their challenge. He and Endo are committed to be the future of DDT. Amon Tsurumi then approached the champs to give them a message. He has a world class tag team to challenge them at Saitama Super Arena… Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi! Endo said he will be ready to fight them and Takeshita said he wants to German Suplex Sekimoto!

Hikaru Sato wrestled in DDT again for the first time in 11 months as part of the finale of Michael Nakazawa’s farewell series. Unfortunately the match only lasted 30 seconds. Nakazawa took the quick loss in his stride and posed for a commemorative photo with the other wrestlers who just wanted to get the entire thing over with. Nakazawa gave a goodbye speech while the other wrestlers ignored him and walked to the back. Nakazawa then stopped himself and said he didn’t want to go out this way. This was not just Nakazawa’s farewell, it was the Nuru Nuru Brothers, Belt Hunter x Hunter and Shit Heart ♥ Foundation reuniting for one last time! “Please cooperate in making my memories! Ring the bell!” The match restarted and Nakazawa was attacked by Sato and Masa Takanashi, who were yelling “Thank you for the memories!” as they stomped him. Tomomitsu Matsunaga rallied the fans behind Nakazawa. Unfortunately in the end Nakazawa was put away by Sato’s Cross Armbreaker submission. After the match Sato told Nakazawa he hopes if Nakazawa ever comes back from Singapore he will have transformed into a new wrestler.

The Golden☆Storm Riders audition reached its conclusion as four men had to battle Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki in order to gain acceptance into the stable. Shunma Katsumata was the first eliminated when Sasaki tapped him out. The most notable contestant was Chinsuke Nakamura, a Shinsuke Nakamura impersonator. Ibushi and Chinsuke went at it in a preview of Ibushi’s upcoming Tokyo Dome match with the real Nakamura. Ibushi eliminated Chinsuke when he countered the Boma Ye into a gentle Last Ride Power Bomb. Suguru Miyatake and former member Gota Ihashi were left and fought their hearts out until Ibushi pinned Miyatake and called an end to the audition. Even though Ihashi was the sole survivor, Miyatake was picked as the winner! Ibushi then admitted he made up his mind before the audition even begun and it didn’t even make sense for the audition to happen in the first place! Ihashi complained about the decision but Ibushi knocked him out. Miyatake said he will work hard to live up to the stable’s name. The new Golden☆Storm Riders will challenge for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles on 3rd January.

Sanshiro Takagi made it his duty to return the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title to DDT from the popstar LiLiCo. Problem is she has Bernard Ackah as her bodyguard and he was instructed to bash anyone who got in her way. LiLiCo also got involved in the match when she could. But Takagi played dirty and pulled down Ackah’s shorts to distract him. He then rolled him over with La Magistral Cradle for the victory. LiLiCo tried to escape with the Iron Man Title but she was cut off at every corner by different wrestlers and carried back to the ring. Takagi asked for the belt once more but LiLiCo then attacked him with it! She yelled that she will be the eternal champion but then there was a blackout. When the lights came on Yoshihiko was perched on the top turnbuckle behind her! When she turned around Yoshihiko dove onto her and pinned her to win the title back for DDT! LiLiCo fled in a panic while Ackah apologised to her over and over. Ackah also said he wanted another match with Takagi. He underestimated him and said Takagi fought strong rather than fought dirty. He now understands that he must study more about wrestling to combat Takagi’s style.

Makoto Oishi scored a big victory over Akito, making the DDT Extreme Champion tap out. Obviously this makes Oishi the next challenger for the title. He is fine wrestling Akito in any match Akito can think of, especially if it involves idols.

Once again Kazuki Hirata’s Magnum mask went missing before his match. This time it was Antonio Honda who stole it and did the Magnum TOKYO entrance to make Hirata jealous.

Crazy & President will reunite for “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015” to take part in a Super TLC Match! Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai will face two mystery wrestlers in a match that involves 10 Tables, 3 Ladders and 100 Chairs!

Three more DDT wrestlers will turn into gender-swapped characters for the Ring☆Dream web browser game. The new additions are HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi and Yoshihiko. HARASHIMA and Sakaguchi were both impressed with their characters. Sakaguchi said his one is a good woman while HARASHIMA called his character healthy looking. Yoshihiko’s character is described as a beautiful girl but as you can see above, it’s pretty creepy.

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Dino & Masayuki Injuries, Storm Riders Audition

December 16, 2014

UNION “SHIWASU NO UNION 2014”, 17/12/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Cherry & Ladybeard Vs Riho & Sayaka Obihiro
2. Mio Shirai Vs Ryu Gouma
3. Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs SAGAT
4. MEN’S Teioh & Tigers Mask (w/ Hiroshi Fukuda) Vs Daichi & Goro Jr.
5. Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle First Leg Final Match: Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Tomoya Kawamura
6. Isami Kodaka & Daichi Kazato Vs Atsushi Aoki & Shibata
7. Union MAX Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs FUMA

Life sure does suck for Mitomi Masayuki right now. After getting suspended from Union for 60 days for misbehaving on Twitter, he was reduced to wrestling for a micro indie show. Unfortunately during the match he suffered a cervical sprain and thoracic contusion. There is no timeframe for his recovery but it is certain he will be gone from Union for longer than the 60 day suspension.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2014”, 23/12/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kouta Umeda
1. Yasu Urano, MIKAMI, Antonio Honda & DJ Nira Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
2. Akito Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Bernard Ackah (w/ LiLiCo)
4. Michael Nakazawa Holiday Countdown 4 – Nakazawa’s Untold History ~History Did Not Move Much At The Time~: Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi
5. Golden☆Storm Riders New Member Final Audition: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi, Shunma Katsumata, Suguru Miyatake & Chinsuke Nakamura
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

The Golden☆Storm Riders auditions have been whittled down to four people. Former member Gota Ihashi, Shunma Katsumata, Suguru Miyatake and the Pauper of Strong Style Chinsuke Nakamura.

DDT, BJW, K-DOJO “NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING 2014”, 31/12/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block A Round 1: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
2. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block A Round 1: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
3. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block B Round 1: Ryuichi Kawakami & Kazuki Hashimoto Vs Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi
4. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block B Round 1: Saburo Inematsu & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Antonio Honda
5. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block C Round 1: Kengo Mashimo & Tank Nagai Vs Kankuro Hoshino & Masato Inaba
6. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block C Round 1: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block D Round 1: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
8. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block D Round 1: TAKA Michinoku & X Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Abdullah Kobayashi
9. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block A Round 2: Winners Of Match #1 Vs Winners Of Match #2
10. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block B Round 2: Winners Of Match #3 Vs Winners Of Match #4
11. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block C Round 2: Winners Of Match #5 Vs Winners Of Match #6
12. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Block D Round 2: Winners Of Match #7 Vs Winners Of Match #8
13. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
14. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
15. Unification! Three Company Powerhouse Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

Danshoku Dino is out of action with a herniated disc and is not scheduled to come back until 2015. Unfortunately that means Dino won’t be able to team with Big Japan’s Daisuke Sekimoto in the New Year’s Eve tag tournament. Antonio Honda was chosen to take Dino’s place in the team.

First and second round matches have a 10 minute time limit, the semi-finals have a 15 minute time limit and the final has no time limit. Overtime uses one count pinfall rules. The semi-final pairings will be decided with a lottery.

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DDT “TENKSANBU NO KEI” Results

December 14, 2014

DDT “TENKSANBU NO KEI”, 14/12/2014
Hakata Star Lane
503 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Saki Akai defeated Makoto Oishi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Sasaki pinned Matsunaga with the Crossface Lock (8:06).
2. Yuto Aijima, Akito & MIKAMI defeated Azul Dragon, Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao when MIKAMI pinned Takao with the School Boy (10:18).
3. Infomercial Match: Super Sasadango Machine defeated Fish-Man and Yasu Urano when Machine pinned Fish-Man with the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock (8:36).
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Matsuno pinned Hirata with a Crushed La Magistral Cradle (11:46).
*V1 for Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei.
5. Michael Nakazawa Holiday Countdown 2 – Farewell Formidable Enemy! Nakazawa’s Unexpected Retreat! Flattery Unexpected! Reflection Unexpected!: Kota Ibushi defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Sit Down Last Ride (14:56).
6. Tetsuya Endo & Antonio Honda defeated KUDO & Masa Takanashi when Endo pinned Takanashi with the Sky Twister Press (9:58).
7. Hakata Specialty 4 Way Match: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated HARASHIMA, Shigehiro Irie and Konosuke Takeshita when Sakaguchi pinned Takeshita with the Knee Kick to the face (11:47).

Sanshiro Takagi announced that this year was DDT’s 10th year of promoting shows in Hakata. Takagi said next year he wants to have big matches and fill up the entire Hakata Star Lane building.

Happy Motel and Shuten-dōji traded wins in the final two matches. Tetsuya Endo & Antonio Honda defeated KUDO & Masa Takanashi in the semi-main event. The main event was a 4 Way Match that ended when Yukio Sakaguchi pinned Konosuke Takeshita. HARASHIMA almost won the match but his Somato attempt was stopped dead by Shigehiro Irie’s Beast Bomber.

The next match in Michael Nakazawa’s farewell tour was a Falls Count Anywhere match against Kota Ibushi, which meant Nakazawa was fucked no matter what he did. They fought around the arena and Nakazawa was later taped to a flat trolley and rolled acrossed the arena. After Ibushi beat him with the Sit Down Last Ride he requested that he and Nakazawa have a street wrestling match. Nakazawa said it sounds good and they should do it in Singapore, the Philippines or even Vietnam.

Mind games were in full effect in the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles match. Kazuki Hirata entered the ring without his Magnum mask and costume. Out came Gorgeous Matsuno wearing the mask and costume. He even did a little Magnum dance too! The Brahman Brothers brought in their foreign objects which this time included ramen noodles. Matsuno later brought in an Ultimo Dragon mask and pinned Hirata when he blocked Hirata’s La Magistral Cradle. Matsuno afterwards said the belts will remain with him and the Brahmans as they head towards the Saitama Super Arena show.

The mysterious Fish-Man took part in the Infomercial Match against Super Sasadango Machine and Yasu Urano to promote his “Fish-Man Hakata Fireside“ tavern. But after being defeated by Sasadango he was unmasked and revealed to be Batten Tamagawa!

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 8” Results

December 13, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 8”, 13/12/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi defeated MIKAMI and Soma Takao when Oishi pinned MIKAMI with a School Boy Crosscut (6:36).
2. Michael Nakazawa Holiday Countdown 2 – I Do Not Think Licking Feet Is Cheating: Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Saki Akai & Michael Nakazawa when Owashi pinned Nakazawa with a Big Boot (0:04).
2a. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Saki Akai & Michael Nakazawa when Takagi pinned Nakazawa with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (11:35).
3. Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Antonio Honda defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Takeshita pinned Takanashi with the Touchdown (15:38).
4. Golden☆Storm Riders New Member 1st Audition: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs DJ Nira, Shun Miyatake, Gota Ihashi & Shunma Katsumata ended in a No Contest when Chinsuke Nakamura attacked everybody (11:41).
5. Bernard Ackah defeated Kazuki Hirata with the High Kick (4:01).
6. DDT Extreme Title – Three Complete Match: Akito (c) defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (21:29).
6a. Tomomitsu Matsunaga (1) defeated Akito (0) with a Scorpion Deathlock (6:24).
6b. Akito (1) defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (1) with an Omoplata Clutch (6:54).
6c. Akito (2) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga (2) ended in a Double Countout (15:32).
6d. Akito (3) defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (2) with an Arm Clutch Figure 4 Leg Lock (21:29).
*V4 for Akito.
7. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Irie pinned Urano with the Beast Bomber (18:36).

Shigehiro Irie got another small victory over HARASHIMA on their road to their KO-D Openweight Title match. Amon Tsurumi congratulated Irie on a good performance and said he took another step closer towards superiority. Irie said he will absolutely become superior to HARASHIMA as revenge for HARASHIMA beating his friends. Irie wants to win the title and main event Saitama Super Arena!

The DDT Extreme Title was on the line in a Three Complete Match. The champion Akito and challenger Tomomitsu Matsunaga needed to win three times under different circumstances to get the title. They had to win once by pinfall, once by submission and once by ring out. Matsunaga scored first when Akito tapped out to a Scorpion Deathlock. The score was tied when Akito pinned Matsunaga when he applied an Omoplata and turned it into a pinning manoeuvre. Both wrestlers suffered a ring out when Matsunaga gave Akito the Emerald Frosion from the ring apron to the floor outside. Matsunaga needed a pinfall to win and he came close with the Tommy Bomber but he was also wrestling on a bad knee. Akito soon capitalised and caught him in an Arm Clutch Figure 4 Leg Lock to get the submission victory and complete the three victory conditions. After the match they shook hands and Matsunaga wrapped the belt around Akito’s waist. Akito thanked Matsunaga and described him as DDT’s gatekeeper. He also said he feels a pleasant pressure when defending his title and his goal is to defend the belt in Saitama Super Arena.

LiLiCo’s bodyguard Bernard Ackah made easy work out of Kazuki Hirata. After the match Sanshiro Takagi picked up an unconscious Hirata and said Hirata demands a rematch at Korakuen Hall! Amon Tsurumi stepped in and said Hirata is obviously knocked out and Takagi was being unreasonable. Ackah then challenged Takagi to a match at Korakuen. The match was accepted and it was confirmed that LiLiCo will be in attendence with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title.

Four wrestlers passed the Golden☆Storm Riders strict reviews to qualify for their new member audition. DJ Nira, Shun Miyatake, Gota Ihashi & Shunma Katsumata had to wrestle Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki in their first audition. Anyone defeated in the match would be eliminated from the contest but whoever won the match would automatically qualify for the final at the 23/12 Korakuen Hall show. The match was suddenly interrupted when “Subconscious” played over the speakers. However it wasn’t Shinsuke Nakamura, instead it was Chinsuke Nakamura! Chinsuke entered the ring carrying a cardboard IWGP Intercontinental Championship belt and caused the match to fall apart when he hit the referee with the Boma Ye. Amon Tsurumi sarcastically asked if Chinsuke sent in a resume but he was instantly accepted by Ibushi & Sasaki! Chinsuke has qualified for the final audition. He then held the cardboard title up and had a face off with Ibushi. Iyaao!

Michael Nakazawa congratulated Saki Akai on winning the Best Rookie category in this year’s Tokyo Sports Awards. However he insisted he could defeat the “two beasts” Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi on his own. The bell rang and then four seconds later the bell rang again as Owashi pinned Nakazawa with a Big Boot. Nakazawa accepted the loss and said his goodbyes to the Kasukabe audience but Akai slapped him across the face and demanded the match to restart. Nakazawa had little motivation to do the rematch and it showed in his weak attacks. He just wanted the match to end so he could move to Singapore. Suddenly a bunch of people including Shun Miyatake, Daisuke Kiso, Mic Inoue, members of the TV crew and even a Weekly-Pro Wrestling reporter handed Nakazawa their underwear. Nakazawa’s motivation skyrocketed and the underwear powered him up until Takagi and Owashi attacked him. Nakazawa urged Akai to pick up the underwear and unleash a Spirit Bomb on her opponents as he held them back! She reluctantly did the Spirit Bomb but her targets moved out of the way. Nakazawa took the blow and was then pinned with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb.

None of the championship belts were at the show because they were accidentaly packed into the boxes of merchandise being sent to Hakata for tomorrow’s event there. Amon Tsurumi took off his afro and bowed as an apology to the crowd.

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Three Complete Match, Ganbare Grand Prix Awards

December 11, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 8”, 13/12/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. 3 Way Match: MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao
2. Michael Nakazawa Holiday Countdown 2 – I Do Not Think Licking Feet Is Cheating: Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Saki Akai & Michael Nakazawa
3. Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Antonio Honda Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Golden☆Storm Riders New Member 1st Audition: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shun Miyatake, Gota Ihashi, Shunma Katsumata & X
6. Kazuki Hirata Vs Bernard Ackah
7. DDT Extreme Title – Three Complete Match: Akito (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga

The goal of the Three Complete Match is to beat your opponent three times: once by pinfall, once by submission and once by throwing him over the top rope to the floor. They can be done in any order.

UNION “SHIWASU NO UNION 2014”, 17/12/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mio Shirai Vs Ryu Gouma
2. Cherry & Ladybeard Vs Riho & Sayaka Obihiro
3. Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs SAGAT
4. MEN’S Teioh & Tigers Mask (w/ Hiroshi Fukuda) Vs Daichi & Goro Jr.
5. Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle First Leg Final Match: Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Tomoya Kawamura
6. Isami Kodaka & Daichi Kazato Vs Atsushi Aoki & Shibata
7. Union MAX Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs FUMA

Hiroshi Fukuda is still hanging around and is spending his time trying to restore World Men’s Club with MEN’S Teioh. They’re bringing in Tigers Mask for a shot to be in the group.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO CIRCUIT 2014 FINAL ROUND”, 28/12/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. 3 Way Match: Nonoki Vs Erin Vs Ai Shimizu
2. KANNA & Chikage Kiba Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Miyu Yamashita Vs Akane Miura

Last time they met in the ring Akane Miura submitted the more experienced Miyu Yamashita. Can the young dancer get her revenge?

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 9”, 28/12/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Special Gilgamesh Timeslip Match ~Ganbare☆Wrestling Bubble To GO!!~: Madoka Vs Tiger Bed Scene (w/ Mai Chusonji & Kaori Masukoji)
2. Forbidden Encounter – Karate Vs Karate Chop: Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Chikara
3. EPISODE 2 Man Of War INTROJECTION: Yukihiro Abe Vs GENTARO
4. Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shota & Tomoya Kawamura

This show will host the 2014 Ganbare☆Wrestling Grand Prix awards. There are three categories for the Ganpuro fans to vote on: MVP award, Fighting Spirit award and Skills award.

Tomoya Kawamura stands in for the suspended Mitomi Masayuki.

After hearing about Madoka’s search for AV actresses, Tiger Bed Scene has reacted by bringing in underground idols Mai Chusonji and Kaori Masukoji to be in his corner.

Angela Ami (the former Manami Koda) will also appear on the show.

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DDT, FREEDOMS, APACHE ARMY “KOICHIRO KIMURA MEMORIAL BOX OFFICE” Results

December 8, 2014

DDT, FREEDOMS, APACHE ARMY “KOICHIRO KIMURA MEMORIAL BOX OFFICE”, 08/12/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans (Attendance Withheld)

1. KUDO & Kazuhiro Tamura defeated Hi69 & Seiya Morohashi when KUDO pinned Morohashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (11:42).
2. Eagle Wrestling Offer Match: Kazunori Yoshida & Hiroyuki Kondo defeated Super Judoist & Hiroya Mine when Kondo pinned Judoist with a Rolling Cradle (11:28).
3. Battle Royal: Kintaro Kanemura defeated Rikiya Fudo with a Cradle (17:05).
Other Competitors: Naoshi Sano, Kengo Takai, Daisaku Shimoda, Ken Ohka, Mitsunobu Kikuzawa, HAZARD, Ricky Fuji, Gorgeous Matsuno, Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Poison Sawada JULIE (w/ Hebida Hebi-kaibo)
4. Daijiro Matsui & Masashi Takeda defeated Hikaru Sato & Masato Shibata when Matsui submitted Shibata with a Cross Armbreaker (11:53).
5. Sanshiro Takagi, NOSOWA Rongai & MIKAMI defeated Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO & Tomohiko Hashimoto when Takagi pinned GENTARO with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (16:09).

Wrestlers from around the scene gathered together to celebrate the late Koichiro Kimura who passed away in October. The main event saw Sanshiro Takagi, NOSOWA Rongai & MIKAMI taking on Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO & Tomohiko Hashimoto. Takagi got the pinfall and took the microphone afterwards. He thanked everyone for putting the show together and said Kimura is now watching his friends from heaven. Kazunori Yoshida of Eagle Wrestling announced another tribute show to be held in Tatebayashi Citizen Gymnasium on March 13th next year. MIKAMI gathered everyone in the ring for a commemorative group photo with Kimura’s portrait to close out the show.

The semi-main event was centred around UWF as all four fighters entered to the UWF theme song.

The Battle Royal was originally scheduled to feature 10 wrestlers but it turned out there was a few extra entries in store. One of them was Poison Sawada JULIE coming out of retirement for one night only. Sawada used his Snake Magic to eliminate a couple of wrestlers but his powers wouldn’t work on Kazuhiko Ogasawara. Kintaro Kanemura went on a hot streak when he eliminated Gorgeous Matsuno with the Blast Yama Special and then won by pinning Rikiya Fudo with a Small Package.

Former DDT referee Megumi Grace Asano was the special official for some of the matches.

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DDT “USHIKU BIG BUDDHA 2014” Results

December 7, 2014

DDT “USHIKU BIG BUDDHA 2014”, 07/12/2014
Ibaraki Ushiku Sports Park Gymnasium Sabuarina
208 Fans

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated MIKAMI, Gota Ihashi & Mitsuhiro Yoshida when Hirata pinned Ihashi with the Sliding Kick (6:51).
2. Masa Takanashi defeated DJ Nira after Daisuke Kiso accidentaly Power Bombed Nira (6:23).
3. Soma Takao & Shunma Katsumata defeated Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda when Takao pinned Umeda eith a Diving Foot Stomp (11:49).
4. Michael Nakazawa Holiday Countdown 1 – ●● Lore! Special Single Match: Shun Miyatake defeated Michael Nakazawa with a Cradle (9:45).
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita when KUDO pinned Honda with a Diving Double Knee Drop (14:27).
6. Yasu Urano defeated Makoto Oishi with a Small Package (14:10).
7. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie and Daisuke Sasaki & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when HARASHIMA pinned Sasaki with the Somato (14:56).

The two DDT singles champions were a successful force in the main event but their respective challengers reminded them that they are threats to their titles. Akito and Tomomitsu Matsunaga brawled outside the ring while HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie got stuck in. The four wrestlers had to be kept apart after the match.

Shuten-dōji scored a win over Happy Motel but Konosuke Takeshita created more tension between the two sides afterwards. Takeshita dared KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi to take his KO-D Tag Team Title belt away from him. He and Sakaguchi had a stare down and had to be separated. Shuten-dōji then had an early toast for when they win the titles.

Michael Nakazawa recognises Shun Miyatake as his successor when he leaves for Singapore next year. To prove it Miyatake fought like Nakazawa during their match right down to stripping off his trunks and wrestling in a thong. Miyatake regretted doing so as it was cold in the arena. Nakazawa however embraced it and went for the Ultimate Venom Arm. Miyatake countered it into a Cradle and got the victory. After the match Nakazawa took out another pair of underwear and offered it to Miyatake. According to Nakazawa it was the underwear he wore in his first ever wrestling match. Miyatake declined them and apologised before leaving.

DJ Nira was very ill during his match with Masa Takanashi. Nira had to be stretchered out from the locker room to the ring on a tatami mat and barely had the strength to stand. However, Nira’s constant fainting inadvertantly made him dodge many of Takanashi’s attacks. Nira yelled he was done pretending and the warm-up was over, then fainted again. Takanashi and referee Daisuke Kiso lifted Nira up off the mat but Nira slipped away from Takanashi’s grip and was accidentally Power Bombed by Kiso! Takanashi got the pin and Nira was placed on the tatami mat to be stretchered back to the locker room.

Gota Ihashi stole Kazuki Hirata’s thunder by doing the Magnum TOKYO entrance and wearing the Magnum mask. A pissed off Hirata later yelled “That’s my dance!” while hammering Ihashi with Elbow Strikes. Hirata got some measure of revenge when he pinned Ihashi with the Sliding Kick.

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Dramatic DDT