DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 3 ~FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE~” Results

May 23, 2016

ZERO-Gifts-Takeshita

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 3 ~FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE~”, 22/05/2016
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Community Center
508 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao defeated Tetsuya Endo & Kouki Iwasaki when Ishii pinned Iwasaki with the Tiger Suplex (10:04).
2. Luxury Prize Surprise Tag Rumble: Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi defeated Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase when Ibushi pinned Umeda with the Sit Down Last Ride (19:15).
Order Of Elimination: Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata, Kengo Takai & Shoichi Uchida, Gurukun Mask & Guanchulo, Ken Ohka & Hideki Shiota, Masa Takanashi & Emi Sakura, Joey Ryan & Atsushi Maruyama, Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase.
3. Naniwa Shook! Man Vs Han Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Magnitude Kishiwada ended in a No Contest when Yukinori Matsui kept fainting (8:57).
4. Reunion Special Single Match: Antonio Honda defeated Yasu Urano with the Diving Fist Drop (11:50) (Special Referee: Dick Togo).
5. Heterogeneous Special Tag Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kuishinbo Kamen defeated Hiroshi Fukuda & Kikutaro when Hirata pinned Kikutaro with the One Shot Miracle Cradle (11:42).
6. Crash The Super Heavy Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Jinsei Shinzaki & Toru Owashi defeated Shigehiro Irie, Kazusada Higuchi & Super Sasadango Machine when Shinzaki submitted Sasadango with the Paradise Lock (8:43).
7. DDT BATTLE FRONT Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa defeated HARASHIMA & Akito when Sasaki submitted Akito with La Mistica Cross Facelock Doppelganger (13:49)
8. Twelve New Year’s Eve Dream: Konosuke Takeshita defeated ZERO with the Cross Arm German Suplex (23:29).

The main event was an important one for Konosuke Takeshita. He was taking on one of his Osaka Pro heroes, ZERO. The wrestler now known as HUB found out about Takeshita’s dream to fight him and returned to his old gimmick for the special occasion. All kind gestures aside he didn’t take it easy on the kid. ZERO attacked Takeshita with a chair and then threw him into the crowd while they fought outside the ring. Later on ZERO stomped on Takeshita while yelling “What’s wrong!” until Takeshita fought back with Elbow Strikes. Takeshita hit the Blue Thunder Bomb and the German Suplex but ZERO kicked out of them both. ZERO avoided the Touchdown and hit a Shining Wizard to the back of the head for a nearfall. Takeshita returned with a Lariat and the Deadlift German Suplex but ZERO kicked out again. Takeshita struck him with a Running Elbow but ZERO kicked out at one. That seemed to be the last of his energy spent because Takeshita hit another Lariat and then the Cross Arm German Suplex to win a hard fought battle. ZERO told Takeshita he was feeling a lot of emotions throughout that match but most of them were of happiness. ZERO covered his face with a shirt and unmasked. He gave Takeshita his mask as a gift and told him it was specially made just for today’s match. Takeshita said he became a pro wrestler so he could wrestle ZERO. His dream came true so it was now time for a new dream. His new dream is to win the KO-D Openweight Title, boost Japanese wrestling and become the best wrestler in the world!

Daisuke Sasaki’s modified version of the Crossface Lock that won him the KO-D Title now has a name. It is now called the Cross Facelock Doppelganger. He used it to submit Akito in the semi-main event.

Jinsei Shinzaki took Super Sasadango Machine’s mask and wore it for the ending stretch of the 6-Man Tag. After the match Shinzaki took off the mask and told everyone else to sit down while he lectured them about wrestling and life.

Kazuki Hirata got Hiroshi Fukuda, Kuishinbo Kamen, Kikutaro and even Yukinori Matsui to dance with him before they started wrestling each other. Fukuda and Kikutaro also took some time to sing during the match. When Hirata and Kamen won they celebrated with more dancing until Kamen collapsed. Atsushi Maruyama ran down to check on him and then nervously thanked everyone for coming to the show. Kamen got up and sang “I Do Not Want To Release You” by T-BOLAN.

Dick Togo does what he wants whenever he is the referee. He was accidentally knocked down by a Bionic Elbow from Antonio Honda. However he saw Yasu Urano cheat by choking Honda with his bandana. Togo stopped him by giving Urano the Pedigree! Honda then hit the Diving Fist Drop to win the match.

There was no winner in the match between Danshoku Dino Vs Magnitude Kishiwada. There was a loser though. Yukinori Matsui kept getting in the way of Lip Locks from both Dino and Kishiwada until he fainted. Daisuke Kiso took his place just to call off the match but he received a Lip Lock from Dino too.

A “Luxury Prize” was promised to the winning team in the Surprise Tag Rumble. There were two surprise entries in the match. One was Ken Ohka & Hideki Shiota. Ohka just spent his time in the match promoting Ganbare☆Wrestling’s show in Osaka on 27th July. The second surprise team was Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi! This was Ibushi’s first appearance in DDT since “JUDGEMENT 2016” back in March. Ibushi & Ihashi came out the winners and were given their prize by Kuishinbo Kamen. The luxury prize was 24 copies of Kamen’s autobiography. In a backstage interview Ibushi said the 29th May is for now his last scheduled date of Ibushi Wrestling Institute activities. He said he will probably do something this year that will cause an explosion in wrestling and told everyone to just wait a little bit longer.

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“DAISUKE SASAKI, YUKI SATO & YUSUKE KUBO 10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE ~315,360,000 SECONDS OF LOVE~” Results

November 18, 2015

supercrew-10years

“DAISUKE SASAKI, YUKI SATO & YUSUKE KUBO 10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE ~315,360,000 SECONDS OF LOVE~”, 18/11/2015
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
315,360,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Taro Ohashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Isami Kodaka & CHANGO when Matsunaga submitted CHANGO with the Sumopion Death Lock (9:04).
2. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Kenou and Atsushi Maruyama when Dino pinned Maruyama after a High Kick from Kenou (10:06).
3. Toru Owashi defeated Yasu Urano with the Nodawa Otoshi (13:13).
4. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tank Nagai, Kengo Mashimo & Yuma defeated Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Shiori Asahi and Sanshiro Takagi, Masa Takanashi & Suguru Miyatake when Nagai pinned Miyatake with the Diving Senton (10:36).
5. Antonio Honda defeated Yusuke Kubo with the Diving Fist Drop (16:18).
6. MAX LUCHA LIBRE Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Yuki Sato with the Vietnam Driver II (20:54) (Special Referee: Dick Togo).
*V1 for Daisuke Sasaki.

Today saw a special show taking place for three wrestlers celebrating 10 years in the business. Daisuke Sasaki, Yuki Sato and Yusuke Kubo were part of the first graduating class for Dick Togo’s short lived SUPER CREW wrestling school back in 2005. Since then the three have seperated by wrestling in places like K-DOJO, Michinoku Pro, Big Japan and also overseas. Sasaki eventually found a home in DDT, Sato signed with K-DOJO and Kubo was last seen in Union before moving to a job behind the scenes.

The main event saw Sasaki in his first defence of Chile’s MAX LUCHA LIBRE Title against Sato with Dick Togo as the special guest referee. Sasaki Vs Sato was also the debut match for both wrestlers in the first SUPER CREW show 10 years ago. Sasaki was accompanied by Suguru Miyatake while Sato had his fellow K-DOJO wrestlers Tank Nagai, Kengo Mashimo and Yuma in his corner. Sasaki was able to win with his Vietnam Driver II. Togo afterwards gave full marks to both of his students and the match gets a perfect score from him!

After the semi-main event Isami Kodaka invited Kubo to join Pro Wrestling BASARA. Kubo shook his hand and accepted the offer.

The only other active graduate from SUPER CREW also wrestled on the show. Tomomitsu Matsunaga was from the school’s second class.

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Catching Up On The News I Missed

June 22, 2015

Missed out on a few stories that happened earlier this month. So let’s catch up.

mikami-freelancer

MIKAMI announced he will become a freelancer with his last match as a DDT affiliated wrestler taking place on 19th July. MIKAMI has been with DDT since the very beginning, wrestling on the first DDT show all the way back in 1997. He hopes his new status will help him nurture new young wrestlers in his hometown of Shimane as well as try new things. He pointed out his recent tag team match with Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi as something he would like to do again. MIKAMI will still be wrestling in DDT from time to time and will be at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” in August.

sato-hardhit

The management rights of the Hard Hit sub-brand has been transferred from DDT to Hikaru Sato. Previously Sato has been part of Hard Hit as a producer but the box office was managed by DDT itself. Now Sato is pretty much in full control of everything. DDT is still fully cooperating with Hard Hit and there is no change to the staff and talent they will provide for future shows. Sato describes the change as him finally being able to buy the home he has been renting for years. Hard Hit’s first show as an independent brand will be in Yokohama on 27th June.

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Over in Vietnam Dick Togo is launching New Vietnam Pro Wrestling, the country’s first pro wrestling organisation. Togo along with Mitsuhiro Yoshida set up a wrestling school in the country last year. Togo wants the school to train people from all over the world. The first set of shows will take place at the end of August. Michael Nakazawa, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango and Yusuke Kubo are the wrestlers announced so far.

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DDT “ROAD TO SUPER SAITAMA ARENA” Results

March 9, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER SAITAMA ARENA”, 09/03/2014
Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kazuki Hirata (c) with a Cradle (1:06 pm).
*Daisuke Sasaki becomes the 995th champion.
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Kazuki Hirata defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c), Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Michael Nakazawa, Gorgeous Matsuno, Akito, DJ Nira and Saki Akai (12:03).
1a. Michael Nakazawa eliminated Saki Akai with the Venom Maker (6:42).
1b. Daisuke Sasaki (c) eliminated Michael Nakazawa with a School Boy (6:50).
*V1 for Daisuke Sasaki.
1c. DJ Nira eliminated Daisuke Sasaki (c) with a Cradle (6:55)
*DJ Nira becomes the 996th champion.
1d. Makoto Oishi eliminated DJ Nira (c) with a Cradle (8:20).
*Makoto Oishi becomes the 997th champion.
1e. Makoto Oishi (c) eliminated Yasu Urano with a Ring Out (9:39).
1f. Makoto Oishi (c) eliminated Gorgeous Matsuno with a Cradle (9:50).
*V1 for Makoto Oishi.
1g. Kazuki Hirata eliminated Makoto Oishi (c) with a Cradle (11:33).
*Kazuki Hirata becomes the 998th champion.
1h. Kazuki Hirata (c) eliminated Akito by Ring Out (12:03).
2. MIKAMI defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with a Half Crab (6:44).
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi when Ishii pinned Ihashi with the Fisherman Buster (11:10).
4. Infomercial Match: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Antonio Honda with the Stunner (9:27).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kazuki Hirata (c) by Pinfall (14:29).
*Sanshiro Takagi becomes the 999th champion.
5. Danshoku Dino defeated Soma Takao with the Danshoku Dino (9:45).
6. HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated KUDO, Masa Takanashi & Yukio Sakaguchi when HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi with the Somato (14:39).

KUDO, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi announced the name of their new unit. They are now called Shuten-dōji, named after a Japanese legend who had a thirst for sake. DJ Nira actually came up with the name while drunk. Unfortunately for them their first match under the new name ended in defeat. HARASHIMA and KUDO had a staredown after the match and both teams stepped in to seperate them.

For the last month Soma Takao has gotten the better of Danshoku Dino, highlighted by Takao pinning Dino to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles as part of Team Drift. Dino was finally able to get one back and beat Takao in Singles action.

Sanshiro Takagi and Antonio Honda fought in an Infomercial Match that will be aired on Teletama next month. They had to promote Blackout Energy Drink by drinking cans of the product as they wrestled each other. Fans were also given signs advertising the drink to hold during the match. In a sight similar to Stone Cold’s beer bashes, Takagi made Honda spit out the drink with a Stunner and after the match celebrated by smashing cans together and pouring them into his mouth.

The night did not end there for Takagi. He also became the new Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. What makes it special is he became the 999th champion. Kazuki Hirata came to the show as champion but was attacked and pinned backstage by Daisuke Sasaki. Hirata came out at the start of the show demanding Sasaki give the belt back. The Battle Royal began and the belt changed hands from Sasaki to DJ Nira to Makoto Oishi and then back to Hirata who went on to win the match. Hirata reappeared later in the show to brag about winning back the title, even saying “If you smell what Hirata is cookin’!” Takagi snuck into the ring, grabbed the belt, struck Hirata with it and pinned him to win the title. Takagi said he wanted to be the 999th champion and will hold the title forever so nobody can become the 1000th champion!

Dick Togo made an appearance to announce he has moved to Vietnam and will open up a wrestling school there.

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Dick Togo Retires In Bolivia

September 11, 2012

GUANCHULO MAX LUCHA LIBRE, 09/09/2012
La Paz, Bolivia
??? Fans

1. Jaguer Vs Supay ended in a No Contest when Ultimo Chingon & Guanchulo interfered.
2. Matematiko defeated El Conde.
3. Hair Contra Beard: Agressor defeated Barba Negra with the Akamejo.
4. Ultimo Chingon & Guanchulo defeated Jaguer & Supay when Guanchulo pinned Supay with a Piledriver.
5. 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Halcón Dorado, Ajayu, Apocalipsis & Guerrero Ayer defeated Dick Togo, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yasu Urano when Ajayu pinned Togo with the 450 Splash.

I’m losing track of the amount of different retirements Dick Togo is going through to end his long, illustrious career. I think this is the end now for him as Togo has said in the past he wanted to have his last match in Bolivia.

The order of eliminations in the main event went Halcón Dorado, Guerrero Ayer, Antonio Honda, Yasu Urano, Apocalipsis, Daisuke Sasaki and finally Togo, leaving Ajayu as the last man standing.

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Dick Togo Wins Iron Man Title!

July 19, 2012

Well, it was bound to happen. Yuki Sato’s journey to Bolivia in search of Dick Togo so he could challenge him to a match with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title on the line has ended before it really began. During his flight to the South American country, Sato fell victim to altitude sickness which left him bedridden. Togo quickly found out where Sato was staying and he snuck into his room while wearing a referee shirt. Togo then pinned the sleeping Sato while quietly counted to three, becoming the new Iron Man champion. DDT already put a back-up plan in place for the 15th Anniversary Show. Since it is unlikely that Togo will be returning to Japan any time soon, the winner of the Iron Man Battle Royal at Budokan Hall will be crowned the No.1 Contender for the belt. It will then be up to that person to travel over to Bolivia and get the title back from Togo or whoever the champion will be by then.

Of course, that is if Togo stays in Bolivia. Who knows, he might show up at the Budokan after all…

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Iron Man Title Hijacked And Bolivia Bound!

July 12, 2012

The unpredictable nature of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title has struck again! During today’s press conference announcing the remaining card for the DDT 15th Anniversary Show, champion Choun-Shiryu made an appearance to be interviewed about the title being defended in a Royal Rumble match at the show. The interview was disrupted when an anonymous note was passed over to Tsurumi Amon. The note said:

Hello DDT Pro Wrestling,

Today I heard there is an open press conference for DDT. I will take the Iron Man belt from you. Thank you in the future.

SATO

Amon sat there wondering which Sato wrote the letter. Was it Hikaru Sato? Was it Akio Sato from the Orient Express? If it was Akio, does that mean he was sending Hakushi after the champion? All of a sudden, a voice interrupted his train of thought.

“Please excuse me.”

It was independant wrestler Yuki Sato. He entered the room and admitted the letter was from him. Sato told Shiryu that he wanted the title. Shiryu stood up to face him but Sato told him his shoelaces were untied. When Shiryu bend down to tie his shoes, Sato grabbed an object and whacked the champion over the head with it. Sato then pinned Shiryu and officially became the 922nd champion.

Sato then suddenly said he was taking the belt with him to Bolivia, where he was going to defend the belt against none other than Dick Togo!

Tsurumi Amon was shocked but quickly came up with a plan. If no one can get the belt back before the 15th Anniversary Show, then the winner of the Royal Rumble at the event will be declared the No. 1 Contender for the championship. The winner will then be sent to Bolivia (at their own expense) to challenge the champion, no matter who it is.

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“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011” Results Plus Cage Of Death

December 4, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Danshoku Dino defeated DJ Hyde with the Danshoku Driver.
2. Joker & BLK-Jeez defeated Kamui & Devon Moore when Joker & BLK-Jeez pinned Kamui with the King Swing.
3. CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Sami Callihan (c) defeated Yoshihito Sasaki with the Stretch Muffler.
*V1 for Callihan.
4. Kengo Mashimo & Takashi Sasaki defeated Drake Younger & MASADA when Mashimo submitted Younger with the Mudo.
5. 3 Way: KUDO defeated Dick Togo and Masa Takanashi when KUDO pinned Takanashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop.
6. Shattered Dreams Match: Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc defeated Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa when Ito pinned Numazawa with the Dragon Splash.

CZW “CAGE OF DEATH 13”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

Ryuji Ito, Takashi Sasaki, KUDO, Kengo Mashimo & Danshoku Dino defeated Jun Kasai, Jaki Numazawa, Yoshihito Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Kamui when Sasaki pinned Kamui with a Falcon Arrow.

Results of the JoshiMania matches featuring Cherry and Mio Shirai will be posted sometime after the final show takes place tonight.

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Interviews: Kenny Omega, Dick Togo

November 3, 2011

There are two pretty good interviews that appeared online today. Kenny Omega is this week’s guest on the Art Of Wrestling podcast, hosted by the one and only Colt Cabana. The episode can be heard over at We Love Colt website and will also be available on iTunes tonight.

The other interview features Dick Togo and it was filmed during his recent trip to England. Togo talks about his retirement show in Japan, his time wrestling in Australia and Europe afterwards, his match with Fit Finlay and more. Unfortunately there is some heavy background noise at parts of the interview but hopefully it will not distract you too much. The interview is split into 4 videos and was done in Japanese but there is the option of English subtitles if you click on the CC section of each video. Credit goes to YujinWrestling for the interview. Enjoy.

 

 

 

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Dick Togo American Vacation, Hard Hit Card

October 28, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Sami Callihan
2. Dick Togo Vs KUDO
3. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Some matches have finally been announced for The Indie Summit 2011, a joint show produced by Combat Zone Wrestling featuring Japanese wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan, Freedoms and K-DOJO. Dick Togo will also be involved as his global retirement tour stops by the United States during December. Togo returns to the infamous Asylum Arena for the first time since the Chikara King Of Trios weekend back in April. KUDO will be one of DDT’s representatives, the most important one if he is still the KO-D Openweight Champion by the time the show takes place, and will be the one facing Togo in the former ECW Arena. Danshoku Dino is the only other DDT wrestler confirmed for the show so far. Kengo Mashimo from K-DOJO and Takashi Sasaki & Kamui from Freedoms will also be wrestling at the show.

PWG “FEAR”, 10/12/2011
American Legion Post #308, California, USA

El Generico Vs Dick Togo

One week later, Dick Togo will travel to Reseda, California for a highly anticipated Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event. While all the attention for this show is on the return of Super Dragon, the big highlight of the undercard is Togo’s clash with the current DDT Extreme Champion, El Generico.

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Ryuichi Sekine
4. Madoka Vs Kengo Mashimo
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Takaku Fuke
6. KUDO & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & Mitsuya Nagai
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto

Hard Hit evens sort of lean more towards the kind of wrestling matches you would find in old shoot-style promotions such as UWF-I. Hard Hit matches can be won via pinfall, submission, knockout, disqualification and count out. There is also a points system in place that can determine when matches can end by TKO. In singles matches both wrestlers begin the match with 5 points each. For tag team bouts both teams start off with 8 points each. A wrestler loses a point when he is knocked down or uses a rope break. He also loses a point if he is called for a foul more than once. When a wrestler’s points tally reaches zero, he automatically loses the fight by TKO.

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