This Site Has Lasted Longer Than W*ING!

July 17, 2014

Today is the 4th year of this website’s existence. Thanks to everyone who follows along no matter if you were here from the beginning or just found it the one time it was linked on Cracked. I’m still having fun trying to figure out and explain what goes on in DDT and its family of little offshoots so let’s continue. Anyway I still have a goal to achieve and it is to make this site an Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion!

UNION “SEE YOU AT KITASENJU”, 19/07/2014
Kitasenju Theatre 1010

1. MEN’S Teioh Vs Mitomi Masayuki
2. Seiya Morohashi, Tomoya Kawamura & Ryu Gouma Vs SAGAT, Menso~re Oyaji & Goro Jr.
3. Cherry & Mio Shirai Vs Ladybeard & Kaori Yoneyama
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Choun-Shiryu
5. Isami Kodaka Vs FUMA
6. Hikaru Sato Vs Daichi Kazato
7. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shibata

Shibata has called himself the John Cena of Pancrase. I honestly don’t know how to react to that.

Inspired by his nation’s performance in this years World Cup, real American Hiroshi Fukuda has created the World Men’s Club Cup so he can lift the spirits of his fellow Americans and win what their team could not. Fukuda wants to take on the world and his challenge was quickly accepted by China’s Choun-Shiryu.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yasu Urano & Shunma Katsumata
2. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Super Sasadango & DJ Nira Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Hoshitango & Michael Nakazawa
3. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
4. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi, Taiji Ishimori & Gota Ihashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

A “strategic presentation” will be held during the show outlining DDT’s plans for the rest of the year.

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Union Stuff, KO-D 6-Man 3 Way, Iron Man Battle Royal

July 15, 2014

UNION “SEE YOU AT KITASENJU”, 19/07/2014
Kitasenju Theatre 1010

1. Hikaru Sato Vs Daichi Kazato
2. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shibata

After tapping out to Hikaru Sato during a Tag Team match this past Sunday, Daichi Kazato has a chance of revenge against the Union MAX Champion. Their respective tag partners is that match will also be against each other.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
2. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi, Taiji Ishimori & Gota Ihashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

Happy Motel have a difficult task for their first KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title defence. They face both the former champions Shuten-dōji and No. 1 Contender’s Team Dream Futures.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014 ~MAYBE SUMMER WILL CHANGE MY LIFE~”, 17/08/2014
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Akihiro (c) Vs Shiro Koshinaka Vs Nonoko
2. Street Wrestling Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Minoru Suzuki & Michael Nakazawa
3. Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
4. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Shiro Koshinaka and Nonoko are the first names added to the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal along with the current champion Akihiro.

UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2014”, 31/08/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Ladybeard (c) Vs Mio Shirai
2. Union MAX Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Mio Shirai couldn’t beat Cherry for the Fly To Everywhere Title back in March. Will she have a better chance against Ladybeard this time?

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~” Results

July 13, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~”, 13/07/2014
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall
489 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi defeated Shoichi Uchida and Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Oishi pinned Matsunaga with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (9:18).
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan when Soma pinned Ecchan with the Gin And Tonic (11:29).
3. Yasu Urano defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Japanese Leg Lock Clutch (10:48).
4. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Debut Produce – Kickboxing Rules: Kota Ibushi defeated Gota Ihashi and Michael Nakazawa by Knockout (4R 1:57) (Special Referee: Kota Ibushi).
5. Match Must End By Ring Out: Danshoku Dino defeated DJ Nira by Ring Out (1:03:17).
6. HARASHIMA & Akito defeated MIKAMI & Isami Kodaka when HARASHIMA pinned MIKAMI with the Somato (10:58).
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) when Honda pinned Takanashi with a Takatonic Crosscut (16:50).
*Shuten-dōji failed in V2. Happy Motel become the 11th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!

Happy Motel are the new KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions! The trio’s good fortunes since their formation continued when they defeated Shuten-dōji to win the belts. With this being his first championship in his career, Tetsuya Endo said he lost his championship virginity. No. 1 Contenders Team Dream Futures were at ringside to watch the title match but Antonio Honda had a different idea for his team’s first title defence. Happy Motel will face both Shuten-dōji and Drift in a 3 Way match for the title at Korakuen Hall on 20th July.

Isami Kodaka took Kota Ibushi’s place in the semi-main event, teaming with MIKAMI to face HARASHIMA & Akito. HARASHIMA pinned MIKAMI with the Somato but was reminded by Kodaka that in order to face him at Sumo Hall he has to beat Kenny Omega at Korakuen first. Kodaka also said he is confident HARASHIMA and Omega will have a great match together.

The despicable DJ Nira attacked Makoto Oishi with a pencil after the opening match, prompting Danshoku Dino to come to his friend’s rescue. Nira challenged Dino to a No DQ, No Pinfall, No Give Up, No Countout match that could only end when a wrestler was thrown over the top rope and out of the ring. The match took place later in the show and lasted over an hour. Dino and Nira brawled away from ringside with an injured Oishi chasing after them. Rather than wait for them to return, DDT decided to carry on with the show. Dino & Nira would reappear inbetween the remaining matches only to fight their way out of the arena again. Finally when the main event was done they fought back into the ring and Dino eventually threw Nira over the top rope to the floor for the victory.

Kota Ibushi was able to contribute to the show by being the special referee for a kickboxing match between Gota Ihashi and Michael Nakazawa. The match was part of Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary celebration and Ibushi revealed it was originally supposed to be Nakazawa Vs Yoshihiko. Nakazawa protested the match because he has no kickboxing experience and he had no shin guards either. Ibushi made some questionable calls over knockdowns and also allowing the two to fight outside the ring. Ihashi even put Nakazawa in a Boston Crab and Ibushi just asked if Nakazawa wanted to give up. Nakazawa had enough and in the fourth round removed his tights and gave Ibushi the Ultimate Venom Arm. While Nakazawa prepared to do the same to Ihashi, Ibushi recovered and put on a boxing glove. He swung at Nakazawa but Nakazawa ducked making Ihashi take the blow instead. Ibushi tried a High Kick but the same thing happened and Ihashi was down for the count. Ibushi then knocked out Nakazawa with a Sole Butt, counted both Nakazawa and Ihashi out and declared himself the winner. After the match Ibushi said he will try and return to action at Korakuen Hall and promises to survive the G1 Climax.

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 5” Results

July 12, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 5”, 12/07/2014
Saitama Espoir Isanuma
271 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Masa Takanashi defeated MIKAMI with the Takatonic (9:40).
2. Saki Akai defeated DJ Nira with a Modified Camel Clutch (5:33).
3. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi when Honda pinned Ihashi with the Diving Fist Drop (13:08).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Idol Lumberjack Match: Danshoku Dino (w/ Yoshiko) defeated Makoto Oishi (c) (w/ Sizukaze & Kizuna) with the Danshoku Driver (9:08).
*Makoto Oishi fails in V1. Danshoku Dino becomes the 29th DDT Extreme Champion!
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when KUDP pinned Matsunaga with the Diving Double Knee Drop (12:21).
6. Infomercial Match – Best Stretch Edition: Super Sasadango Machine & Tetsuya Endo defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata & when Machine pinned Hirata with the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock (10:31)
7. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito when Soma pinned Akito with the Gin And Tonic (15:06).

The Idol Lumberjack Deathmatch was the most notable event on today’s show. Makoto Oishi put his DDT Extreme Title on the line and had the idol group Sizukaze & Kizuna by his side. Danshoku Dino countered by bringing in Stardom wrestler Yoshiko to be his lumberjack. While Oishi’s idols attacked Dino with plastic hammers whenever he was knocked out of the ring, Yoshiko got more involved by dropping Sentons onto Oishi whenever he was laid out on the floor. Both Yoshiko and the idols also attacked the wrestlers inside the ring when the referee was wiped out by Dino’s Lip Lock. After the ref recovered Oishi took control until Yoshiko knocked him off the top turnbuckle with a thrown chair. Oishi grabbed the mic and yelled at Yoshiko for being an ugly female wrestler. The girls from Sizukaze & Kizuna got mad at Oishi for his behaviour and turned on him. All of the lumberjacks beat up Oishi and pretty much handed Dino the win, making him a 7 time DDT Extreme Champion. After the match Oishi begged Yoshiko and the idols for forgiveness. They did and everybody then danced.

Team Dream Futures will be keeping a close eye on tomorrow’s KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title match. Soma Takao noted that DDT now has many different units on their roster but Drift is the team that wants the 6-Man Title the most.

The Infomercial Match promoted DDT’s Best Stretch parlour and started off as Sanshiro Takagi & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo. The match consisted of everyone giving each other stretching exercises instead of wrestling moves and at some point changed into Takagi & Hirata Vs Machine & Endo. Machine pinned Hirata with the Lehman Shock and afterwards credited the stretching exercises for improving his finishing move by 35%.

Shun Miyatake (Trainee) appeared at the beginning of the show to give an update of his status since it has been a while since he had a match. Miyatake said he broke his leg six months ago and last month had surgery to remove the plate and bolts from his foot so he needed time off to rest. Amon Tsurumi didn’t believe him. Miyatake then said he was able to train during his absence but wound up injuring his hip from lifting 180kg weights. He also fractured his fourth lumbar vertebrae. Tsurumi had enough of Miytake’s lies and said he will never debut now because his injuries would take hundreds of years to heal! Miyatake said he heals fast and will be back around October or November.

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Ibushi Still Injured, Maybe Teams With Taiji Ishimori, Ganpuro Beer Garden

July 10, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 5”, 12/07/2014
Saitama Espoir Isanuma

1. Masa Takanashi Vs MIKAMI
2. Saki Akai Vs DJ Nira
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Infomercial Match – Best Stretch Edition: Sanshiro Takagi, Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. DDT Extreme Title – Idol Lumberjack Match: Makoto Oishi (c) (w/ Sizukaze & Kizuna) Vs Danshoku Dino (w/ X)

Kota Ibushi has not been cleared of his concussion and is forced to miss the 12/7 Saitama and 13/7 Osaka shows. Ibushi is aiming to return for the 20/7 Korakuen Hall show.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~”, 13/07/2014
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
3. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Debut Produce – Kickboxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
6. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs MIKAMI & X
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motel are the newest group in DDT. After beating Shuten-dōji a few days ago they already became the No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

With Ibushi still out of action, Gota Ihashi gets to take his place in one of the matches meant to celebrate Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary. It will be a Kickboxing match against Michael Nakazawa. For Nakazawa’s sake it’s a good thing Ibushi won’t be involved in it now. Painful things tend to happen to Nakazawa whenever he fights Ibushi.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
2. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi, Taiji Ishimori & Gota Ihashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

If Ibushi can go ahead with his 10th Anniversary match then we will get to see him team with Taiji Ishimori from Pro Wrestling NOAH.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN”, 23/07/2014
Ichigaya Nanhai Memorial Clinic

1. Special Single Match: Yumehito Imanari Vs X
2. Special Video Director’s Cut Match: Aoi Ishibashi Vs Manami Kanda (Special Referee/Director: Shibata)
3. Special Beer Garden Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Mr. Judo
4. Special Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Tiger Bed Scene Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Shota

Ganbare☆Wrestling does not want to be left out of Beer Garden week so they will be holding their own show. With blackjack. And hookers.

Another J-Soul Pandita has been brought into captivity for Ganpuro. It’s name is probably just supposed to be J-Soul Pandita IV but the website has it as J-Soul Pandita III IV. I hope it is the latter just for how absurd that name is.

Yumehito Imanari has invited Ganpuro’s fans to come up with suggestions for his opponent.

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN NAGOYA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMUSU~” Results

July 8, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN NAGOYA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMUSU~”, 06/07/2014
Nagoya Biwajima Sports Centre
376 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Buffalo defeated Gota Ihashi with the Lariat (9:31).
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai defeated Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira when Akai pinned Nira with La Magistral Cradle Cutback (10:16).
3. Nico Live Very Good Reputation Match: MIKAMI defeated Akito with the School Boy (10:53).
4. Insanely Funny Game Series! Revival!: Danshoku Dino & Kazuki Hirata defeated Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Hirata pinned Katsumata with the Modified Emerald Fusion (8:48).
5. Keisuke Ishii defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Cradle (11:41).
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when HARASHIMA pinned Takao with the Somato (14:31).
7. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Honda submitted Takanashi with the Octopus Hold (16:21).

Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo have formed a new group called Happy Motel. According to Honda, the group was formed to support the glorious future of Takeshita & Endo while he gets to do something meaningful for whatever remaining time he has left in the ring. Their first match together under their new name was a success, defeating the current KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, Shuten-dōji. Honda noted how many strong stables DDT has right now but he, Takeshita & Endo are happy to be teaming together. Honda encouraged the reporters at ringside to write about the hot new up and coming unit who are riding a wave of momentum towards the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships!

Yasu Urano spent a lot of the semi-main event trying to provoke Shigehiro Irie. Even though Urano and HARASHIMA won the match, an angry Irie chased Urano away from ringside afterwards.

There were some slight changes to the card due to Kota Ibushi’s injury. The 3-Way Match between Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Shunma Katsumata was turned into a Tag Team bout. Kazuki Hirata was added to team with Dino against Oishi & Katsumata. Dino wanted to dance with Hirata but was turned down because only Hirata can decide when it is appropriate to dance. The time came late in the match and the two punched their opponents in time to the music until Hirata pinned Katsumata with the Emerald Frosion.

Michael Nakazawa was quite perverted when he was in the ring with Saki Akai. Whenever he caught one of her kicks he tried to lick her leg.

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Ibushi Concussed, Dino Looking For Lumberjacks, Shibata (No Not That One), Tokyo Princess Cup

July 4, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN NAGOYA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMUSU~”, 06/07/2014
Nagoya Biwajima Sports Centre

1. Buffalo Vs Gota Ihashi
2. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai Vs Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira
4. Nico Live Very Good Reputation Match: MIKAMI Vs Akito
5. Daisuke Sasaki & X Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata
6. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

Kota Ibushi suffered a concussion during his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title defeat to KUSHIDA at today’s New Japan show. He was taken to hospital after the match and he did not suffer any other injury. Ibushi will not be wrestling at the 6/7 Nagoya show or the 8/7 BOYZ show in Shinjuku in order to recover. The cards for both shows will be altered due to Ibushi’s absence.

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 5”, 12/07/2014
Saitama Espoir Isanuma

1. Masa Takanashi Vs MIKAMI
2. Saki Akai Vs DJ Nira
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Infomercial Match – Best Stretch Edition: Sanshiro Takagi, Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. DDT Extreme Title – Idol Lumberjack Match: Makoto Oishi (c) (w/ Sizukaze & Kizuna) Vs Danshoku Dino (w/ X)

Makoto Oishi was surprised to find out his next DDT Extreme Title defence will be against his good friend Danshoku Dino. During a press conference for the match Dino asked Oishi why is he so fond of wrestling in Idol Lumberjack matches? Oishi got flustered and tried to explain it is a fun match for both the wrestlers and the fans. Dino wonders if the real reason is Oishi wants to spend a lot of time being next to his favourite idols. Dino has yet to announce who his idol lumberjacks will be.

UNION “UNION TOWARDS THE SUMMER!”, 13/07/2014
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. FUMA & SAGAT Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tomoya Kawamura
2. Seiya Morohashi Vs Ryuma Go
3. Ladybeard & Mio Shirai Vs Cherry & Hatsuhinode Kamen
4. Isami Kodaka Vs Goro Jr.
5. Atsushi Maruyama Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Hikaru Sato & Shibata

Hikaru Sato was allowed pick anyone to be his partner for the main event. He hasn’t been impressed with any of the Union wrestlers which is consistent with his opinion that Union is just a place for him to rest and take it easy. So he decided to pick the punching bag of the Pancrase dojo Shibata to team with him. But don’t take it the wrong way, Sato ensures everyone that Shibata is a talented fighter.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO CIRCUIT 2014 ROUND 7”, 19/07/2014
Kitasenju Theatre 1010

1. Miyu Yamashita & KANNA Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Erin
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – First Round: Shoko Nakajima Vs Ai Shimizu
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – First Round: Nonoko Vs Chikage Kiba

The winners of the Tokyo Princess Cup matches will join Yuka Sakazaki and Miyu Yamashita in the semi-finals.

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The Long Road To Ryogoku Continues

July 1, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN NAGOYA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMUSU~”, 06/07/2014
Nagoya Biwajima Sports Centre

1. Nico Live Very Good Reputation Match: MIKAMI Vs Akito
2. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata
3. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
4. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

Saki Akai and former Osaka Pro wrestler Buffalo are both scheduled to compete on the show.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi Vs X
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

Kenny Omega currently holds the final Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract and he will cash it in on 20th July. Omega sees this as his last chance to get into the main event of this year’s Sumo Hall show as the KO-D Openweight Champion (I assume the contract cannot be used to insert the holder into another title match to turn it into a Triple Threat).

All that has been said about Kota Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary match is it will be a match he wants to do.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014 ~MAYBE SUMMER WILL CHANGE MY LIFE~”, 17/08/2014
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Street Wrestling Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Minoru Suzuki & Michael Nakazawa
2. Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The Street Wrestling Match that takes place all around the arena has traditionally* been the dark match for every “RYOGOKU PETER PAN” show. This year it will be part of the main card.

Shiro Koshinaka, Aja Kong, Ladybeard and Ai Shimizu will all compete on the show.

*It just hit me that DDT has now done enough Sumo Hall shows to have traditions for them.

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DDT “KING OF DDT 2014” Results

June 29, 2014

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DDT “KING OF DDT 2014”, 29/06/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match – Two Round 5 Way Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Hoshitango Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs DJ Nira ended in a Time Limit Draw (R2 3:00).
1. Akito, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata when Takeshita pinned Hirata with a German Suplex (7:48).
2. King Of DDT 2014 – Semi Final: KUDO defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Diving Double Knee Drop (12:40).
3. King Of DDT 2014 – Semi Final: Isami Kodaka defeated Kota Ibushi with a European Clutch (11:03).
4. Takagi-gun Vs Michael-gun Elimination Match: Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, MIKAMI & Antonio Honda (Special Referee: Minoru Suzuki) (7:48).
4a. Michael Nakazawa eliminated Antonio Honda by Ring Out (2:43).
4b. Michael Nakazawa eliminated MIKAMI by Ring Out (3:07).
4c. Michael Nakazawa eliminated Toru Owashi by Ring Out (3:19).
4d. Sanshiro Takagi eliminated Danshoku Dino by Ring Out (4:18).
4e. Sanshiro Takagi eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Makoto Oishi by Ring Out (4:31).
4f. Michael Nakazawa eliminated Sanshiro Takagi with the Low Fly Flow (7:48).
5. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano and Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Omega pinned Urano with the Croyt’s Wrath (6:35).
*Kenny Omega wins Yasu Urano’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
– KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Super Sasadango Machine with the Smato (6:35).
*V1 for HARASHIMA. Super Sasadango Machine cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
6. King Of DDT 2014 – Final: Isami Kodaka defeated KUDO with the Zan Isamu Leg (16:06).

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The new King Of DDT is not from DDT at all. After a strong singles run in Big Japan, Union’s very own Isami Kodaka has now scored success in DDT and will be one half of the main event at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014”. Kodaka earned that spot by beating two of DDT’s most decorated wrestlers. In the semi-finals of the tournament KUDO defeated Shigehiro Irie and Kodaka beat Kota Ibushi. The latter match featured a crazy moment where both Kodaka and Ibushi fought each other on top of the entrance gate. In the final Kodaka attempted to use El Generico’s Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!! but KUDO escaped. Kodaka then tried the European Clutch he used to beat Ibushi but that also did not work. KUDO fought back with Spin Kicks and High Kicks but Kodaka countered it into a Brainbuster and finally won with the Zan Isamu Leg. Kodaka dedicated the win to Union and will go on to face the KO-D Openweight Champion.

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But who the champion will be on 17th August is the question. HARASHIMA found out who his next challenger is before Kodaka and also came close to losing the title at the same time. Kenny Omega pinned Yasu Urano in the 3 Way Tag Match to win his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract. Kenny said he wants to be in the main event at Sumo Hall and the only way he can do that is to win the championship from HARASHIMA. Kenny then challenged HARASHIMA to a title match at the final Korakuen Hall show before Sumo Hall on 20th July. And then Super Sasadango Machine’s music started playing…

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Sasadango came out with the other remaining Right To Challenge Contract and said he wanted to be the KO-D Champion. He spent the past few months researching what it would take for him to become champion. He then showed a PowerPoint presentation of his research. He concluded that he needed a powerful special move in order to win so he came up with what he calls the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock (imagine Prince Devitt’s Bloody Sunday but without hooking the arm). According to Sasadango, hitting the Lehman Shock three times is all he needs to deplete all of his opponent’s HP. He was going to prove it right away because he then cashed in his contract! Sasadango hit the Lehman Shock over and over (and got the crowd to chant “One More Time!” after every one) but HARASHIMA just kept kicking out. The champion recovered and hit Sasadango with a High Kick and the Somato. That was all it took for a successful title defence. After the match HARASHIMA identified Sasadango as Muscle Sakai and said his research was interesting but forgot something very important. HARASHIMA can recover up to 80% health from the support of his fans and tonight he was restored to 90%. He still thought it was a fun match though.

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Tsurumi Amon announced a big match that he believed would attract a lot of attention for “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014”. DDT’s rookie phenom Konosuke Takeshita will take on New Japan superstar Hiroshi Tanahashi! The star made his entrance, played his air guitar, unbuttoned his shirt and introduced himself as the once in a century talent. He then told Takeshita he was looking forward to their match. Takeshita’s response was that he is a one in 200 million million years including the Jurrasic Era talent and his ability outweighs all!

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Michael Nakazawa was the sole survivor of the Elimination Match but not without the surprise help of his new ally. Nakazawa had a surprisingly good showing in the match, eliminating everyone in Sanshito Takagi’s team. When the match came down to Nakazawa and Takagi, Nakazawa used referee Daisuke Kiso as a shield from a Takagi Lariat. Then he wiped out replacement referee Yukinori Matsui with the Ultimate Venom Arm. Nakazawa called out the next replacement referee, Minoru Suzuki! Tsurumi Amon complained about Suzuki’s appearance but immediately backed down when Suzuki looked at him. Takagi pinned Nakazawa but Suzuki counted slowly until there was a kickout. Nakazawa rolled over Takagi and Suzuki did a fast count but Takagi kicked out. Takagi got angry at Suzuki and got put in a Sleeper Hold for his troubles. Suzuki then planted him with the Gotch-Style Piledriver and Nakazawa covered Takagi to win the match. Nakazawa taunted Takagi after the match and told him to quit before he faces himself and Suzuki at Sumo Hall. Takagi said they will have a Street Wrestling match and his partner is Jun Kasai! The Crazy Monkey appeared and stood face to face with Suzuki. He simply told him “Nice to meet you”.

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Kota Ibushi will celebrate his 10th anniversary in wrestling during July. He has two DVDs coming out featuring his best matches for DDT and New Japan respectively. There will also be a 10th Anniversary show in Osaka on 13th July. Ibushi gets to decide the card for the show but fireworks will be prohibited.

Tokyo Women’s Wrestling members Miyu Yamashita and Erin announced a special Tokyo Joshi show on 11th July in Ichigaya for the injured Ririko Kendo. Kendo is currently out of action with injuries to both her left and right arms. Afterwards Shigehiro Irie and Akito announced DDT will be part of “KENGO TAKAI AID” in Sportiva Arena on 6th July. Freelance wrestler Kengo Takai fractured his ankle and several wrestlers from around the scene are coming together to raise money for him. KUDO and Yukio Sakaguchi will also be on the card.

DDT will do another photobook with photographer Leslie Kee. The book will be called Super DDT.

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King Of DDT Final This Sunday

June 27, 2014

DDT “KING OF DDT 2014”, 29/06/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – 5 Way Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Hoshitango Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs DJ Nira
1. Akito, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata
2. Takagi-gun Vs Michael-gun Elimination Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, MIKAMI & Antonio Honda Vs Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. King Of DDT 2014 – Semi Final: Shigehiro Irie Vs KUDO
5. King Of DDT 2014 – Semi Final: Kota Ibushi Vs Isami Kodaka
6. King Of DDT 2014 – Final:

Just four men left in the King Of DDT. At the end of the night either Shigehiro Irie, KUDO, Kota Ibushi or Isami Kodaka will become one half of the main event at this year’s “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014”. HARASHIMA is currently the other half as the KO-D Openweight Champion but that may change. Remember that Yasu Urano and Super Sasadango Machine have the two remaining Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts.

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