KO-D Title Plans, DDT On Youtube

January 31, 2011

A schedule of KO-D Openweight Title matches and contendership challenges from now until Sumo Hall has been posted. Not many wrestling companies plan out the schedule of title matches so far in advance but it benefits everyone wanting to keep track of the title race as DDT begins promoting its largest show of the year. The schedule goes as follows.

11th February: A Royal Rumble in Shin-Kiba 1st RING determines the next challenger for the KO-D Title.

27th February: Dick Togo defends the KO-D Title against the Royal Rumble winner in Korakuen Hall.

27th March: KO-D Title match in Korakuen Hall.

4th May: KO-D Title match in Korakuen Hall.

21st May: The first and second rounds of the KO-D Challenger Tournament takes place in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

29th May: The Semi-Final and Final rounds of the KO-D Challenger Tournament takes place in Kyoto KBS Hall.

24th July: KO-D Champion takes on the Tournament winner in the main event of Sumo Hall.

DDT now has an official Youtube channel set up with one video posted so far. The video is of Bob Sapp falling on hard times until he discovers DDT and goes to meet Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka. The meeting doesn’t end well for DDT. I’ll post it when I’m done with a few updates.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ddtofficial

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DDT “SWEET DREAMS!” Results, Kota Concussed, It’s Sapp Time!

January 30, 2011

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,428 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Akito defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Modified Ankle Hold (8:18).
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki when GENTARO submitted Mizuki with the Sharpshooter (10:29).
3. Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki when Sato was DQ’ed (12:58).
4. Right to Produce “Someone´s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Keisuke Ishii defeated Yukihiro Abe with the Kneel Kick (12:13).
Order Of Eliminations: Hoshitango (3:16), Minoru Fujita (5:04), Michael Nakazawa (5:51), Tanomusaku Toba (5:57), Danshoku Dino (4:49), Makoto Oishi (7:02), DJ Nira (9:21) and Yukihiro Abe (12:13).
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated HARASHIMA & KUDO when Omega pinned KUDO with the Croyth’s Wrath (16:55)
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) defeated Antonio Honda (i/c) with the Diving Senton (26:24).
*Dick Togo becomes the 35th KO-D Openweight Champion.

With the injury setback now behind him, Dick Togo reclaimed his place on top of the DDT landscape by defeating Antonio Honda to unite the KO-D Openweight Championship with its unified version. In a correction to what I wrote a while back, Togo is officially the 35th KO-D Champion and now a 4-time holder of the title.

A Royal Rumble will take place at the 11th February Shin-Kiba 1st Ring show to determine the next challenger for Togo. The confirmed challengers so far are HARASHIMA, KUDO, Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI, Keisuke Ishii and Daisuke Sasaki. Also set to take place on the night is Dick Togo Vs DJ Nira in a non-title match and Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa.

Kota Ibushi had to go to the hospital for a CAT Scan after he suffered a mild concussion after a High Kick by HARASHIMA. He is likely to recover quickly and not miss any of the upcoming shows.

Keisuke Ishii was victorious in the Battle Royal. He will now get to produce his own show for the DDT Brand tripleshot at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on 6th March. An extra rule was added to the match. The Suzumiya Haruhi theme song was played for almost the entire match. Whenever the song reached its chorus, everyone in the ring had to do the “Hare Hare Yukai” dance or be eliminated. Yukihiro Abe spent the match dressed as the main character from the series.

The disqualification in match #2 led to Hikaru Sato challenging Takao Soma to a match at the 27th Fabruary Korakuen Hall show. The match was accepted and will be Hair Vs Hair!

Bob Sapp was announced to appear at DDT’s Sumo Hall show on 24th August. Yes, that Bob Sapp. A video was shown of “The Beast” confronting Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka at DDT HQ. Takagi came up with some suggestions on Twitter for Sapp’s opponent. So far he’s thought of Bob Sapp Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Bob Sapp Vs Tsurumi Goro and Bob Sapp Vs Ultraman Robin. A fun little fact that comes out of this is that in the space of a year, three former IWGP Heavyweight Champions have appeared in DDT so far: Genichiro Tenryu, Togi Makabe & Manabu Nakanishi. Bob Sapp will make it four if he does indeed show up and compete on the night.

Speaking of Takagi, he seems to be very pleased to be the “World’s Second Largest Promoter!” after the Wrestling Observer Awards came out.

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Contract Renewal Time, SWEET DREAMS! Card

January 28, 2011

This part of the year in puroresu always brings bout the annual contract signing period where the promotions renegotiate the contracts of their signed wrestlers. DDT is no different when it comes to keeping tabs on its talent. January 28th was the final day of negotiations and the results have since been announced.

The DDT wrestlers who have signed new contracts are:

MIKAMI, HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi, Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Yasu Urano, Masa Takanashi, Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Keisuke Ishii, Hoshitango, Gota Ihashi, Takao Soma, Rion Mizuki, Kazuki Hirata, Posion Sawada JULIE, Gorgeous Matsuno and Dick Togo.

The Union wrestlers who have signed new contracts are:

Shuji Ishikawa, Isami Kodaka, Ken Ohka, Seiya Morohashi, Cherry, Hiro Tsumaki and Shinichiro Tominaga.

Four wrestlers have declined offers to extend their contracts. They are Tanomusaku Toba, Futoshi Miwa and Yukihiro Abe for DDT aswell as 726 for Union. It’s likely that Toba and Abe will still wrestle part-time for DDT. Those two are still scheduled to compete in the Right To Produce Battle Royal at “SWEET DREAMS!” on Sunday. Miwa rarely wrestles nowadays and 726 had a light schedule with Union anyway so no big losses there. Again it’s possible that they could make some future appearances here and there.

Yusuke Inokuma also did not sign a new contract but in this case it was because he needed to return home to find his driver’s license. He has until February to find his license and sign the new contract.

Three of the wrestlers who signed new contracts are currently out of action with injuries. Masa Takanashi is recovering from his knee injury and is aiming to return in the summer. Poison Sawada JULIE is nursing his right elbow back to full health. Gota Ihashi was last seen in March but hasn’t wrestled since because of ligament damage in both knees.

Dick Togo is sticking with DDT up to his announced retirement. Can he end his career as the KO-D Champion?

Also notice that Michael Nakazawa signed his contract on time this year. The last time he delayed his contract renewal it led to Danshoku Dino assaulting him in his house and his car exploding with him inside it when trying to escape. He finally made it to the arena covered in burn marks while carrying the remains of his contract, only to inadvertently distract Sanshiro Takagi and cause him to lose the DDT Extreme Title to Hoshitango.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
3. Right to Produce “Someone’s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino, Tanomusaku Toba, Michael Nakazawa, DJ Nira, Keisuke Ishii, Hoshitango, Yukihiro Abe, Makoto Oishi
4. Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda (i/c)

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And The Award Goes To…

January 26, 2011

The 2010 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards were revealed today with the Golden Lovers having a few mentions here and there. Kota Ibushi won the “Best Flying Wrestler” award for the second year in a row as well as finishing fifth for “Best Wrestling Maneuver”. Kenny Omega got an honorable mention for the “Most Improved” award. Together, the Golden Lovers ranked 7th for “Tag Team Of The Year”. The Best Of The Super Juniors final between Ibushi and Prince Devitt aswell as the Golden Lovers’ IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship win over Apollo 55 in October also got honorable mentions for “Worked Match Of The Year”.

DDT got an honorable mention for “Promotion Of The Year”. Sanshiro Takagi himself got a look in too, finishing second place for “Promoter Of The Year” losing to Dana White for the second year in a row. However, if you see the glass as half full that means Takagi is the best pro wrestling promoter for two years in a row. 🙂

Add these accomplishments to the Golden Lovers winning “Best Tag Team” and “Best Match” in the Weekly Pro-Wrestling awards as well as “Match Of The Year” in the Tokyo Sports awards and you have a heck of a year for the Golden Lovers. Here’s looking forward to seeing what else they and DDT can accomplish in 2011.

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Nakazawa In Ice Ribbon

January 26, 2011

Ice Ribbon, 26/01/2011
Ice Ribbon School, Saitama

Bra Match: Makoto defeated Michael Nakazawa when she stripped him of his bra (7:05).

Michael Nakazawa was the latest DDT wrestler to show up in Ice Ribbon. He was at today’s show in the Ice Ribbon School to take on the girl who’s ultimate goal in wrestling is to become a WWE Diva, Makoto. Nakazawa being the kinky type wore a bra and was somehow able to make a stipulation that in order to win the match, you had to remove the bra worn by your opponent. Whether or not this was an excuse for Nakazawa to perve over Makoto didn’t matter because in the end, Makoto stripped Nakazawa of his bra and his dignity to win. Nakazawa cheered himself up by sneaking into the Ice Ribbon office after the show and rummaging through Emi Sakura’s clothes, as shown in the picture above.

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KO-D Unification Match Set, Next KO-D Tag Title Challengers Picked

January 19, 2011

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
3. Right to Produce “Someone’s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino, Tanomusaku Toba, Michael Nakazawa, DJ Nira, Keisuke Ishii, Hoshitango, Yukihiro Abe, Makoto Oishi
4. Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda (i/c)

We didn’t have to wait long for Dick Togo to recover from his injured tailbone. The original main event for “NEVER MIND 2010” is now set for DDT “SWEET DREAMS!” at Korakuen Hall on 30th January. The KO-D Openweight Title and its Interim version will be unified back into one championship. Depending on the result, either Dick Togo will get his first defence of the belt or Antonio Honda will be officially recognised as the 35th KO-D Champion.

Win or lose, Honda is still one of the KO-D Tag Team Champions. He and Daisuke Sasaki now know their next challengers for the belts, Togo’s GRANMA teammates, GENTARO and Yasu Urano. Their match will take place in Funabashi on 20th February.

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Sato & Sawa’s German Adventure, Kenny Goes To Ice Ribbon

January 17, 2011

Both Hikaru Sato and Munenori Sawa were in Germany during the weekend for two Westside Xtreme Wrestling shows. On the same night Daisuke Sekimoto became the new wXw Unified World Champion, Sato & Sawa teamed up to challenge Bad Bones & Carnage for the wXw World Tag Team Titles. The BattlArts–Pancrase pair worked well together but failed to win the belts from the duo known as the Oberhausen Terror Corps.

The next night both Sato and Sawa competed in the second annual Ambition shoot style tournament. Both men got past the first round and faced each other in the semi-final where Sawa got the better of Sato. Unfortunately for Sawa, he was defeated in the final.

Speaking of wXw, the company will be holding its major 16 Carat Gold tournament in March. Several Japanese talent will be competing both in tournament and seperate matches. So far the puro scene is represented by Yoshihito Sasaki, Kotaro Suzuki and Go Shiozaki, with Sekimoto taking part in non-tournament bouts. There are still some announcements left to make, so if any DDT related talent get announced I will post it here.

wXw “BACK TO THE ROOTS X”, 15/01/2011
Turbine Hall, Oberhausen, Germany
215 Fans

7. wXw World Tag Team Titles: Bad Bones & Carnage (c) defeated Hikaru Sato & Munenori Sawa when Carnage submitted Sato with the Anklelock.

wXw “AMBITION 2”, 16/01/2011
Saint, Oberhausen, Germany
109 Fans

3. AMBITION 2 First Round: Munenori Sawa defeated Tommy End with a Triangle Choke.
4. AMBITION 2 First Round: Hikaru Sato defeated Heddi Karaoui by KO with a High Kick.
7. AMBITION 2 Semi Final: Munenori Sawa defeated Hikaru Sato by KO with an Enzuigiri.
9. AMBITION 2 Final: Rico Bushido defeated Munenori Sawa by TKO with a Right High Kick.

In other news, Kenny Omega will make his way over to the Ice Ribbon School in Saitama this Wednesday for the promotion’s weekly show in the building. Omega will team up with Hikari Minami to take on Chii Tomiya & Kazuhiro Tamura.

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Omega Wins Snowball Fight

January 17, 2011

Sportiva Entertainment “SPORTIVA ARENA WARS”, 16/01/2011
Sportiva Arena

Kenny Omega defeated Akito with the Croyt’s Wrath (15:02).

While DDT was over in Nagoya they brought in a few wrestlers from Sportiva Entertainment to take part in their event. Sportiva returned the favour by inviting Kenny Omega over to have a match against Akito. Well, the winter weather outside was too tempting for Omega and Akito and they fought out of the ring and left the arena to continue their match outside in the snow. Snowballs were thrown but a 20 count was still in place so the two had to return to the ring. Akito came close to beating Omega with an Anklelock and a Gutwrench Power Bomb but Omega tapped those buttons fast to break out of his groggy state. One Hadouken and Croyt’s Wrath later, Omega had his hand raised as the winner. Omega told Akito to “Please keep going, please keep running” and some day he too could become a champion.

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DDT “NEW YEAR SUPER DODON WAVE! IN NAGOYA 2011” Results

January 16, 2011

DDT “NEW YEAR SUPER DODON WAVE! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall
475 Fans

1. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated Yukihiro Abe & Kazuki Hirata when Urano pinned Hirata with the Tombstone Piledriver (9:54).
2a. World’s Most Powerful Rocket Punch Championship – R-1 World Grand Prix 2011 Finals: Tanomusaku Toba Vs DJ Nira ended in a 1-1 Draw.
2b. Tanomusaku Toba pinned DJ Nira with a School Boy (7:23).
3. BOYZ Nagoya Travel Guide: KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Madoka & Keisuke Ishii when Oishi pinned Ishii with the Tornado Clutch (6:48).
4. Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 defeated Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga when Mr. #6 pinned Nakazawa with the Somato (13:46).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated MIKAMI & Onryo when Honda submitted MIKAMI with the Octopus Hold (15:01).
*V3 for FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY.
6. Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match: Kenny Omega defeated Danshoku Dino with the Gaydo Clutch (14:57).

The R-1 World Grand Prix Final ended in a draw when both Tanomusaku Toba and DJ Nira only hit one Rocket Punch each. The match also had Masa Takanashi, Choun-Shiryu and the Kubota Brothers as judges.

DDT will return to Nagoya on 17th April at the Club Diamond Hall.

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DDT And Union Cards For Tomorrow

January 15, 2011

It will be a busy day tomorrow as both DDT and Union will be holding shows at the Kanayama Asunal Hall in Nagoya. DDT will hold their show first in the afternoon while Union will go on in the evening.

DDT “NEW YEAR SUPER DODON WAVE! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall

1. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Yukihiro Abe & Kazuki Hirata
2. BOYZ Nagoya Travel Guide: KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Madoka & Keisuke Ishii
3. World’s Most Powerful Rocket Punch Championship – R-1 World Grand Prix 2011 Finals: Tanomusaku Toba Vs DJ Nira
4. Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 Vs Takao Soma, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match: Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs MIKAMI & Onryo

DDT is headlined with the KO-D Tag Team Title match. With the Interim KO-D Openweight Title around his waist, Antonio Honda now has to focus on keeping his Tag Team Championship with Daisuke Sasaki against the duo of MIKAMI & Onryo. The Umemura Personal Computer School Offer Match returns with Danshoku Dino facing Kenny Omega. Dino defeated Omega’s BFF Kota Ibushi back in December. Can he make it two for two against the Golden Lovers? Speaking of Ibushi, he will be teaming with HARASHIMA and the junior Jr. Heavyweight Mr. #6 to take on the rotten Shit Heart ♥ Foundation.

UNION “NEW YEAR DRAGONS”, 16/01/2011
Kanayama Asunal Hall

1. Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs El Samurai
3. Tag Team Lottery: Cherry, Ken Ohka, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kana
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu
5. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota
6. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shigehiro Irie

When DDT is finished, Union will step in for their show with Shuji Ishikawa and Shigehiro Irie squaring off in the main event. Irie pinned Ishikawa in the main event of Union’s 3rd December show and is confident he will do it again. Matches #3 and #4 features talent from the Spotiva Entertainment promotion. Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota have wrestled in DDT in the past. Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu meanwhile is a part time wrestler who is also member of the Hip Hop group nobodyknows+. The two teams for match #3 will be decided by a lottery on the day of the show. It may even lead to the men teaming up to fight the women. Looks like Shinichiro Tominaga is going to be facing a lot of well known names in the near future. Before he goes to wrestle Tigers Mask next month he’ll have to face El Samurai in Nagoya. The opener will be Union Vs New Beijing and yes, the lovely Princess Makoto will be in the corner of the Beijing boys.

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