DDT “DNA 10” Results

October 17, 2015

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DDT “DNA 10”, 12/10/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall
226 Fans – No Vacancy

1. No Mystery Brother Was Better Than His Brother!! The Time Has Come For The Oath! Now I More Than You!! ~ Grudge Liquidation Single Match: Tigger Bedscene defeated Dai Suzuki with an Elbow Butt (7:20).
2. Yuko Miyamoto defeated Mizuki Watase with a WAR Special (11:51).
3. Daichi Kazato defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Sister Abigail (12:47).
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Mao Inoue defeated Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki when Inoue pinned Iwasaki with the 450 Splash (16:37).
5. Kazusada Higuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda when Higuchi pinned Umeda with the Goten (21:30).

The KO-D Openweight Champion paid a visit to DNA but his team with Kota Umeda was defeated by the impressive pairing of Kazusada Higuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Higuchi was so pleased with his new team that he suggested to Nakajima they should go after the KO-D Tag Team Titles. After a positive reaction from the crowd Nakajima said he couldn’t turn down the offer.

After winning the semi-main event, Ryota Nakatsu challenged Mao Inoue to a singles match on 11th November. Inoue has been motivated to beat the senior DNA wrestlers. Nakatsu may bring him back down to reality.

Daichi Kazato wrestled his first match since the formation of Pro Wrestling BASARA with a victory over Suguru Miyatake.

Mizuki Watase said he learned the severity of different pro wrestling styles when he fought Shinjiro Otani and Keisuke Ishii. With Yuko Miyamoto he learned to show more of his feelings to the audience to gain their support.


Election Results Tomorrow, KANNA Returns But Biishiki-gun Leaves, DNA 10

October 6, 2015

I’ll be on holiday for the next week so the blog updates will be sparse until 16th October. I’ll try to keep up to date on any big news about tomorrow’s show on Twitter.

DDT “DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015 RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 07/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi & Mao Inoue Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
2. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. 4 Way 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Gota Ihashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki

A quick show is taking place in Korakuen Hall to announce the results of this year’s Dramatic General Election. There are only four matches but the rest of the show will be listing the results of both the single election and the unit election. An press conference will also take place about the future plans of Union’s wrestlers.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GO UP HIGHER!”, 12/10/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Erin Vs MIZUHO
2. Nonoko Vs Azusa Takigawa
3. 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima Vs Akane Miura Vs Hyper Misao
4. Goodbye Biishiki-gun: Saki Akai, Ai Shimizu & KANNA Vs Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi

KANNA returns from injury but it happens when her unit Biishiki-gun is about to disappear. It looks like Saki Akai doesn’t want to hang around Tokyo Joshi Pro for much longer after she lost to Shoko Nakajima last month so her group will probably go away.

DDT “DNA 10”, 12/10/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Suguru Miyatake Vs Daichi Kazato
2. No Mystery Brother Was Better Than His Brother!! The Time Has Come For The Oath! Now I More Than You!! ~ Grudge Liquidation Single Match: Dai Suzuki Vs Tigger Bedscene
3. Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Mao Inoue
4. Mizuki Watase Vs Yuko Miyamoto
5. Kazusada Higuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda

It turns out Dai Suzuki and Tigger Bedscene really are brothers.

Daichi Kazato from Union moves over to the DNA brand.


DDT “DNA 9” Videos

October 6, 2015


DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE
388 Fans – No Vacancy


1. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Dai Suzuki


2. Joey Ryan Vs Suguru Miyatake


3. Mao Inoue Vs Shunma Katsumata


4. Shinjiro Otani Vs Mizuki Watase


5. Kota Umeda Vs Ryota Nakatsu


6. Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs Kazusada Higuchi


One Last State Of The Union, Tomodachi-gun Life

October 2, 2015

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Selection!! Memorial Tag Team Special Rules Match: Seiya Morohashi, Hiroshi Fukuda & Ryu Gouma (w/ Kazuhiko Ogasawara) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & New Sanshiro Takagi, Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto), A.YAZAWA & Mame Endo (w/ Rumi Kazama), Ricky Fuji & DJ Nira and Yusuke Inokuma & Keisuke Masuda
2. Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka Vs Ken Ohka & Shinichiro Tominaga (w/ Mio Shirai)
4. FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato
5. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry (c) Vs Masako Takanashi
6. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Poison Sawada will be in attendance to oversee the Union MAX Title main event. Sawada was the key founding member of Union so it is fitting that he will be there.

Ken Ohka has invited Mio Shirai to be in his & Shinichiro Tominaga’s corner for the 3 Way Tag match. The original Union Diva Rumi Kazama will also come back to be in A.YAZAWA & Mame Endo’s corner in Match #1.

Former DDT wrestlers Yusuke Inokuma & Keisuke Masuda are an unexpected addition to Match #1. Inokuma explains that he and Masuda always wanted to wrestle in Union but never could so this is their last chance. Whenever they were booked in Union they always wound up becoming sick on the day of the show. They were also always supposed to take on the hideous and violent team of Gaijin A and Gaijin A. Now that I think of it what ever happened to them? Hmm…

DDT “DNA 10”, 12/10/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Mizuki Watase Vs Yuko Miyamoto
2. Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Mao Inoue
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda

Yuko Miyamoto returns to put the chops to another unfortunate rookie. This time it’s Mao Inoue.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 14/10/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. World Wrestling Ganbare: Shota Vs Tigger Bedscene
2. Power Of Dreams Vs Enjo-gun Vs OTK48 3 Way Tag Team Match: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Hayato Mashita & Kotaro Nasu
3. Ganpuro-gun Vs Tomodachi-gun: Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hi69 & Madoka
4. Loser Leaves Army Match: Ken Ohka & Manami Kanda Vs Minoru Fujita & Bambi
5. The Real Tiger Mask Vs Mr. No!!: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Mr. No

Manami Kanda has come to Ken Ohka’s aid in the latest deadly fight between Ganpuro and Tomodachi-gun.


Union Memorial Tag, Cramped Election Finale, Higuchi & Nakajima Team Up

September 29, 2015

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Selection!! Memorial Tag Team Special Rules Match: Seiya Morohashi, Hiroshi Fukuda & Ryu Gouma (w/ Kazuhiko Ogasawara) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & New Sanshiro Takagi, Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto), A.YAZAWA & Mame Endo, X & X and X & X
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka Vs Ken Ohka & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato
5. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry (c) Vs Masako Takanashi
6. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Match #2 is a Gauntlet tag match rounding up a bunch of wrestlers who have been in Union throughout the years. Seiya Morohashi, Hiroshi Fukuda & Ryu Gouma are on one side and for every round two of them will team together. They will be facing five teams in total no matter how many rounds they win or lose.

DDT “DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015 RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 07/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi & Mao Inoue Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
2. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. 4 Way 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Gota Ihashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki

The final days of voting for the DDT Dramatic General Election has loads of guys bunched together for a cramped show in Korakuen Hall.

DDT “DNA 10”, 12/10/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda

Katsuhiko Nakajima’s been impressed by Kazusada Higuchi after their match at “DNA 9”. So much so that he wants to team with him. This show also marks the first time a reigining KO-D Openweight Champion wrestles in DNA.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2015”, 25/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs DDT Dramatic General Election Runner Up

If Yukio Sakaguchi finishes second in the General Election he gets to nominate his opponent. The winner of the election gets his/her title shot in Osaka on 28th November.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

Maki Ito from the idol group LinQ returns to wrestle again. Yuto Aijima, Azul Dragon and Batten x Burabura (formerly Batten Tamagawa) will also be on the show.


DDT “DNA 9” Results

September 22, 2015

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DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE
388 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Kouki Iwasaki defeated Dai Suzuki with a Capture Suplex (7:58).
2. Joey Ryan defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Super Kick (6:57).
3. Mao Inoue defeated Shunma Katsumata with the 450 Splash (9:48).
4. Shinjiro Otani defeated Mizuki Watase with a Half Crab (15:03).
5. Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda with a German Suplex (14:28).
6. Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Kazusada Higuchi with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (16:00).

Katsuhiko Nakajima offered to team up with Kazusada Higuchi for a match sometime in the future. Higuchi was flattered by the offer and said it’s an interesting idea. The team up might happen on the 12th October DNA show in Kitazawa. Yukio Sakaguchi is also scheduled to compete.

There was mixed fortunes for the two new rookies. Mao Inoue got an upset victory over Shunma Katsumata. Despite being smaller, Katsumata should have had the benefit of experience on his side. Instead Inoue had the Swan Dive X Factor scouted and blocked the move with a Dropkick. He then hit the 450 Splash to end it.

Mizuki Watase on the other hand was taken to school by the visiting Shinjiro Otani. Almost literally in fact. Otani submitted Watase with a Half Crab and told him to look up the move on page 279 in his wrestling textbook.

Another new rookie was introduced on the show. Daiki Shimomura is a high school student who wrestles for the nkw micro indie. His debut is set for 12th October.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DNA 8~” Videos

September 19, 2015

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DNA 8~”, 02/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House


1. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Suguru Miyatake Vs Dai Suzuki


2. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kouki Iwasaki


3. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata


4. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: Suguru Miyatake Vs Ryota Nakatsu


5. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kota Umeda


6. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Final: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazusada Higuchi


Saitama Slam, Osaka Bay Blues, Watase Gets Otani, Final Union Title Matches

September 1, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

If Danshoku Dino can beat Shigehiro Irie, it will help #OhkaEmpire’s chances of getting a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot.

KAT-TOO have been working well as a team so far. They face tournament bound KUDO & Kota Umeda.

Normally Gota Ihashi would be in the Pigging 2015 team but he’s locked out of the show because of he is the King Of Dark Champion. Saki Akai has to take his place.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

I don’t know what the grudge is between Masa Takanashi and Hiroshi Fukuda but it gets settled in Osaka.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry

Cherry has made it her goal to become the Fly To Everywhere Champion when Union closes down next month. This might be her only opportunity.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Azusa Debut Match: Azusa Vs Miyu Yamashita
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa’s ring name and profile will be revealed at a later date, possibly some time after her debut match.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shunma Katsumata Vs Mao Inoue
2. Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kota Umeda
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan
5. Mizuki Watase Vs Shinjiro Otani
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Mizuki Watase was surprised to learn his opponent for his second pro wrestling match is Shinjiro Otani! Watase never thought he would get such a high profile match right after losing in his debut.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Do Judge!!: Yukihiro Abe Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Texas Tornado Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka, GENTARO, Shota & Bambi Vs Minoru Fujita, Hi69 & Osamu Namiguchi

The main event features a mixture of alliances between Ganbare☆Wrestling and K-DOJO wrestlers. A grudge between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita is the focus but there is also the surprise return of Shota. There are also the shocks of Osamu Namiguchi siding with Fujita and Bambi siding with Ohka.

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The final match in Union should obviously be between the two aces fighting over the championship. Isami Kodaka requested Shuji Ishikawa to be his next and possibly last challenger for the Union MAX Title.


The Annual Beer Garden Hangover

August 12, 2015

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa
1. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase Debut Match: Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Time Difference Tag Battle Royal: Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi Vs LiLiCo & Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno & Great Kojika Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko Vs Hoshitango & Mio Shirai
3. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

A full preview will be up around the week of the show. Next Thursday sounds like a good target for me.

The winner of the main event also gets a ¥2,000,000 cash prize from the match sponsor.

Some details have emerged for the two rookies making their debut in the opener. Mao Inoue is from Osaki City in Miyagi and was born 28th January, 1997. He is 177cm high and weighs 80kg. He trained in Judo but also filmed his own pro wrestling matches while in junior high school and posted them to Youtube. The videos caught the attention of Sanshiro Takagi which eventually brought him here. Inoue’s immediate goal is to take advantage of his jumping ability. Mizuki Watase is from Yamanouchi, Nagano and was born on 6th February, 1991. His athletic history includes baseball, swimming and basketball. He is part of the comedy group Tenori Tiger. It has been his dream since a child to be a pro wrestler and his goal is to become a champion.

UNION “SEA WRESTLING”, 16/08/2015
Kanagawa Hayama Isshiki Kaigan Keio Camp Store

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Ryu Gouma & Cherry Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Misaki Ohata
2. 4 Way Falls Count Anywhere Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Daichi Kazato Vs Mitomi Masayuki

Union heads to the beach for their second annual “SEA WRESTLING” event. Misaki Ohata joins the fun.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL HEAVEN”, 28/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tetsuya Endo & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
3. Hiroshi Fukuda & Seiya Morohashi Vs X & X
4. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang Vs Somato & Yasuura No
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Tigers Mask

What, you thought last week was the end of DDT’s beer and wrestling combination? Tavern Wrestling is still open for business.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “KNOCKIN’ ON YOUR DOOR 2015”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Rikidozan Sansei Vs Blackjack Of Rubbish Heap: Chikara Vs Minoru Fujita
2. The Outer Drop ~Beyond The Time Of Love And Hate~: Yumehito Imanari Vs Mitomi Masayuki
3. Special Tag Match: Hayato Mashita & Yukihiro Abe Vs GENTARO & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Finally Duel! Hold On And Go Beyond The Soul!: Osamu Namiguchi Vs Tigger Bedscene
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Enjo-gun General Warfare: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata

The uneasy alliance between Osamu Namiguchi and Tigger Bedscene will get tested when the two face each other. Will this just be a shot for Bedscene to earn Namiguchi’s respect or could the partnership turn ugly?

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
3. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Union gets a visit from All Japan for an inter-promotional tag team match. Shuji Ishikawa has made a few appearances in AJPW this year and even threw out a challenge to Akebono for a Triple Crown Title match. He could send a loud message if he and Daichi Kazato can beat the visiting team of Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki.

Look, it’s neat and all for somebody to go all out while they still can before retirement but will somebody tell Mio Shirai to stop getting into matches with psychopaths?

Masako Takanashi will also be on the show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

The Tokyo Princess Cup winner challenges the leader of Biishiki-gun to go one on one with her.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Kazusada Higuchi won the Wrestling Koshien 2015 tournament during Beer Garden week. His prize is a match against Katsuhiko Nakajima.


DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DNA DAY~” Results

August 2, 2015

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DNA DAY~”, 02/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Suguru Miyatake defeated Dai Suzuki with the F5 (6:46).
2. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Reverse Cross Armbreaker (6:57).
3. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
3a. Overtime – One Count Fall: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Shunma Katsumata with a Cradle Crush (1:47).
4. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: Ryota Nakatsu defeated defeated Suguru Miyatake with a Buzzsaw Kick (0:20).
5. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Kota Umeda with the Canadian Backbreaker (7:33).
6. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Final: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Ryota Nakatsu with the Goten (13:35).

Today’s show was built around a one night tournament for the DNA wrestlers. Kazusada Higuchi had a bump in the road in the form of Shunma Katsumata when they fought to a time limit draw in Round 1. The match restarted and Higuchi overpowered Katsumata’s Cradle attempt to pin him. In the semi final Higuchi fought off a spirited attack from Kota Umeda. Meanwhile Ryota Nakatsu made quick work of Suguru Miyatake, beating him in 20 seconds. Despite the disadvantage of wrestling longer matches on the way to the final, Higuchi was able to beat Nakatsu and win the tournament. His prize is 100,000 yen and and a match against Katsuhiko Nakajima in the main event of “DNA 9” on 22nd September.

Two new students were introduced to the crowd. Mizuki Watase is the comedian who signed with DDT earlier this year. Mao Inoue was a high school backyard wrestler. Sanshiro Takagi surprised them with the announcement that they will have their debut match at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”! They will team with Kota Umeda against Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu. Watase said he has dreamt of being a wrestler since elementary school. Inoue apologised to his parents but said he was grateful for them and his teachers for letting him take the path of a pro wrestler.