DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
1,092 Fans
KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
1,092 Fans
KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2020”, 27/09/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Soma Takao, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani
2. Playfulness Series Act 2: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. DDT Extreme Title: Shinya Aoki (c) Vs Antonio Honda
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura (c) Vs Chris Brookes & Drew Parker
5. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT 3 On 3 Tug Of War!: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata
6. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, T-Hawk & El Lindaman Vs HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yukio Naya
The show will be live on both WRESTLE UNIVERSE and FITE. I warned you about the FITE commentary before.
Each match in the Tug Of War challenge will have a 10 minute time limit.
The rules for the DDT Extreme Title match will be revealed on the day of the show.
BASARA “BASARA 135 ~BANQUET~”, 29/09/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Tetsuo Usui & FUMA
2. Takumi Tsukamoto & Masato Kamino Vs Takato Nakano & Yasu Urano
3. Yusuke Kubo Vs Takuya Nomura
4. 3 Way Handicap Match: Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Gouma Ryu
5. Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Akiyori Takizawa & SAGAT
6. Daiki Shimomura Vs Leo Isaka
7. Union MAX Title: Fuminori Abe (c) Vs Brahman Kei
The Union MAX Title is getting a new first time challenger. Brahman Kei wants to take the belt from Fuminori Abe. No mention yet if Brahman Shu will be in his corner. Shu originally wanted the title shot but is paranoid he will fall ill before the show. What makes Kei more immune to illness than Shu at this point, I have no idea.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “FALL TOUR ’20 ~WOMM (WRESTLING OF MY MIND)~”, 03/10/2020
Tokyo Narimasu Act Hall
1. Marika Kobashi Return Match: Marika Kobashi Vs X
2. Princess Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Decision Battle: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Four Princess Tag Team Title defences are in the bag for Daydream but there are still plenty of challengers out there. The Toyo University pair of Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu are looking for a title shot. Kiryu doesn’t want to let the new class below her take the spotlight like Mirai Maiumi & Suzume just did. Kamifuku is also living up to her promise to become stronger for her friends who recently left Tokyo Joshi Pro. However, The Bakuretsu Sisters think it’s time that they get another chance to win the titles. They too have become stronger since the last time they fought for the belts.
The high school student Marika Kobashi is now a college student. Her return to the ring was delayed for months by COVID-19 but now is time for her comeback.
DDT “TIF ONLINE X DDT ROJO PRO WRESTLING”, 03/10/2020
“TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL Online 2020” Smile Garden
1. Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya Vs Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura Vs Makoto Oishi & Hideki Okatani
For the third year in a row DDT will be collaborating with the Tokyo Idol Festival. However a big change is this year’s festival will be held entirely in an online format. DDT will record a Falls Count Anywhere match on location at the Smile Garden section. Each team will be accompanied by an idol for the match.
DDT “LEGEND THE DDT WRESTLING 2020”, 19/09/2020
Nagoya Legend Hall
??? Fans – Withheld
1. Naomi Yoshimura defeated Keigo Nakamura with a Lariat (8:09).
2. Chris Brookes & Danshoku Dieno defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Brookes submitted Hirata with the Octopus Stretch (12:26).
3. Eruption Vs Junretsu!: Kazusada Higuchi & Saki Akai defeated Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani when Higuchi submitted Okatani with a Modified Crab Hold (10:52).
4. Nagoya Specialty! Doerya Special Single Match: Soma Takao defeated Antonio Honda with the Gin And Tonic (10:15).
5. Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie defeated HARASHIMA, Yuki Ueno & Yukio Naya when Endo pinned Naya with the Shooting Star Press (15:49).
6. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT!: Konosuke Takeshita & Akito defeated Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi when Akito submitted Oishi with the Goliath Birdeater (16:55).
Junretsu has only been around for a month or two. ALL OUT wanted to send them a message that they have been around for three and a half years. Their experience in teamwork is what separates ALL OUT from Junretsu and Konosuke Takeshita will ultimately use this experience to solidly defeat Jun Akiyama at Ota Ward Gymnasium. Akiyama thinks the only way Takeshita can beat him is with youth and momentum. It won’t be through power because Akiyama believes he has more of it. Makoto Oishi said he has a secret plan for the Tug Of War challenge on 27th September. Akito said he wants DDT to visit his hometown of Nagoya more often.
Everything looked good as usual for DAMNATION today. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo worked as a team and Mad Paulie was there for added strength. After they won, Sasaki told Endo he is in good shape. However Sasaki is in 1,000 times better shape! Endo warned Sasaki that is not enough. He needs to work on his conditioning. Sasaki knows everything about Endo, but Endo knows everything about Sasaki too.
DDT “LEGEND THE DDT WRESTLING 2020~”, 19/09/2020
Nagoya Legend Hall
1. Naomi Yoshimura Vs Keigo Nakamura
2. Chris Brookes & Danshoku Dieno Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Eruption Vs Junretsu!: Kazusada Higuchi & Saki Akai Vs Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani
4. Nagoya Specialty! Doerya Special Single Match: Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda
5. Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs HARASHIMA, Yuki Ueno & Yukio Naya
6. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Akito
The match order for tomorrow.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LIVE WITH YOUR TIME”, 21/09/2020
Tokyo Shinagawa The Grand Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Hyper Misao Vs Raku Vs Himawari Unagi
2. Pom Harajuku Vs Moka Miyamoto
3. Miyu Yamashita Vs Sena Shiori
4. Nodoka Tenma, Yuki Aino & Haruna Neko Vs Yuki Kamifuku, Mina Shirakawa & Mahiro Kiryu
5. Special Tag Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima Vs Mizuki & Maki Itoh
6. Natsumi Maki Vs Hikari Noa
7. Princess Tag Team Titles: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
Two classic Tokyo Joshi Pro teams reunite for a special tag match. The Miraclians take on the original Itoh Respect Army!
MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 3 ~FINISH RANPATSU~ OPEN TO THE PUBLIC”, 21/09/2020
Tokyo Shinagawa The Grand Hall
This is sort of going to be a dress rehearsal for Muscle’s December show. Let’s see what progress has been made with the script, the costumes, the music, etc.
DDT “THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD NARIMASU EVENT! 2020”, 03/10/2020
Tokyo Narimasu Act Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Shunma Katsumata Vs Mad Paulie Vs Yukio Naya
2. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Soma Takao & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Makoto Oishi & Mizuki
3. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dieno & Hideki Okatani
4. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai vd Yuki Ueno, Naomi Yoshimura & Keigo Nakamura
5. Jun Akiyama & Chris Brookes Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Akito
6. It Will Be A Narimasu Special Tag Match!: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda
I’ll take their word that this will be the third time DDT goes to Narimasu. It’s usually the spin-off promotions that run Narimasu Act Hall.
DDT “SHINSHU CHASHU MINANOSHU 2020”, 04/10/2020
Nagano Arcs Hall
1. HARASHIMA Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Chris Brookes & Akito
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Yukio Naya
4. Eruption Vs DAMNATION!: Kazusada Higuchi & Saki Akai Vs Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
5. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT!: Jun Akiyama & Mizuki Watase Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata
6. DDT Nagano Sales Manager Toru Owashi (Free) Local Triumph! 20th Anniversary Of Debut “Owashi And His Delightful Friends Part 7” Special 6-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Keigo Nakamura Vs Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Antonio Honda
DDT’s return to Nagano means Toru Owashi gets the hometown spotlight.
DDT “EARLY FALL ITABA SERIES”, 13/09/2020
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall
??? Fans – Withheld
Nautilus Vs Eruption!: Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Saki Akai
An introductory test was held at the Tokyo Ochanomizu Dojo on Saturday for new students to join the DDT wrestling school. Ten participants who had applied over the summer went through the “DRAMATIC AUDITION 2020” overseen by Sanshiro Takagi, Yukinori Matsui, HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi and Konosuke Takeshita. Normally these auditions would be done privately on a one by one basis. But this year there were so many applicants that an audition of this size was considered to be the better way to do it. The audition included physical tests, an appeal performance and also interviews. No decision has been made yet over who had passed or failed the audition but it will come soon.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LIVE WITH YOUR TIME”, 21/09/2020
Tokyo Shinagawa The Grand Hall
1. Natsumi Maki Vs Hikari Noa
2. Princess Tag Team Titles: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Mirai Maiumi & Suzume
The youngsters are getting a Princess Tag Team Titles shot. Suzume now has a finisher (the Ring A Bell RKO) and with Mirai Maiumi has begun winning tag matches. It is Suzume’s admiration of Rika Tatsumi that pushed her to make the challenge. Miu Watanabe was in that position before the first time she fought for the Tag Titles. Now she knows what it is like being on the other end.
The last show in Natsumi Maki’s contract will be a special one. She wanted one more chance to wrestle with her Pandemic Boo-Boo partner Hikari Noa. The surprise is Noa asked to wrestle against her in a singles match instead of teaming together one more time.
This is also Mina Shirakawa’s last show in Tokyo Joshi Pro but her match has not been announced yet.
GANBARE☆PRO “BAD COMMUNICATION 2020”, 06/10/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. US-Japan-Britain Super War!: Shota & HARUKAZE Vs Chris Brookes & Yuna Mizumori
2. Engraved In The Man You Admire, The Fight Of Ganpro! Special Single Match: Ken Ohka Vs Ikuto Hidaka
3. THE HALFEE Vs Beautiful Woman, Beautiful Man & A Pervert – GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Katsuzaki Shunosuke, Moehiko Harumisawa & Washi Sakurai (c) Vs Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Ganpro Young General Vs Mad Dog Who Came Back!: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Kota Umeda
5. The Fate Of The Stars You Can Meet In Ganpro!: Yuna Manase Vs Takumi Iroha
6. A Burning Bond Or A Bong Thicker Than Blood!: Shinjiro Otani & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
THE HALFEE achieved their goal of winning the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles so they can defend them in Korakuen Hall. Their challengers are a trio that was recently wrapped around the Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title picture. There is the champion Asuka, her recent challenger Shinichiro Tominaga and the previous champ Hagane Shinno.
Yuna Mizumori is from Gatoh Move/ChocoPro.
DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 7 ~KEEP IT ON YAMATO SOUL~”, 18/10/2020
Osaka City Higashisei Residents Center
1. Genius’s Song! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda Vs Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
2. HarashimaUrano Vs Team Gonta-gao! Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kengo Takai & Naomi Yoshimura
3. Izumi Kishiwada Union! The Strongest Men In Osaka Vs ALL OUT! Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Magnitude Kishiwada Vs Akito & Shunma Katsumata
4. Double Main Event ~ Special Tag Match: Masato Tanaka & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Double Main Event ~ Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & HUB Vs Konosuke 5akeshita & Billy Ken Kid
Tsubasa, Kuishinbo Kamen and CIMA will be on the show.
DDT “EARLY FALL ITABA SERIES”, 13/09/2020
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall
??? Fans – Withheld
1. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Soma Takao & Mad Paulie defeated Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase when Takao pinned Watase with the Official Endless Waltz (10:37).
2. Akito defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Goliath Birdeater (8:24).
3. Playfulness Series Act 2: Danshoku Dieno defeated Hideki Okatani with the Gaydo Clutch (8:31).
4. Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Yukio Naya defeated HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Keigo Nakamura when Honda pinned Nakamura with the Diving Fist Drop (13:24).
5. Nautilus Vs Eruption!: Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Saki Akai when Ueno pinned Akai with the Frog Splash (11:39).
6. DAMNATION Vs ALL OUT!: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata when Sasaki submitted Katsumata with the Cross Facelock (16:44).
There are two similar situations over the big title matches in DDT and Tokyo Joshi Pro. Over in TJPW, The Magical Sugar Rabbits are getting along and everything is hunky dory with them. So far in DDT the same is happening with Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo. But a crack appeared today when Endo accidentally struck Sasaki with an Overhead Kick. They got over that bump in the road and won the match. Sasaki told Endo he has become 10 times better since the day he was picked as the No. 1 Contender. He will become 100 times better at the Nagoya show next week. By the time “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020” comes around Sasaki will be 100 million times better! Endo praised Sasaki for being in great shape but no matter how better he gets, it isn’t good enough to beat Endo right now. Sasaki said the audience knows who will win at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020” but he got a mixed response.
The KO-D Tag Team Champions are now interested in winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. After Nautilus defeated two thirds of Eruption they asked if it was okay for them to make a title challenge. Kazusada Higuchi was ready to answer but Saki Akai stopped him and they left without saying a word. Yuki Ueno wondered if they needed Yukio Sakaguchi’s opinion before making a decision. Also Nautilus needs a third partner to challenge. Maybe HARASHIMA, maybe Toru Owashi, maybe even Naomichi Marufuji? Oh yeah, or maybe Kazuki Hirata. They will worry about that later. First Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura have to defend the Tag Titles against the two British guys.
Antonio Honda is confident he will win the DDT Extreme Title, because it will be interesting if he is the one to beat Shinya Aoki.
Everybody, especially Hideki Okatani, was warned that Danshoku Dieno was patiently waiting to strike at the right moment. Dieno proved this by entering the ring from another part of the room and ambushing Okatani from behind. Makoto Oishi shouted encouragement towards Okatani even when Dieno stripped Okatani down to his underwear. Oishi told Okatani not to be embarrassed when things like this happen in the ring, otherwise he will never be at the top of DDT! Oishi stripped himself down to his underwear to show there is nothing to worry about if this is the most embarrassing thing that will happen. Okatani found his courage and fought back against Dieno. Unfortunately he bumped into Yukinori Matsui and Dieno gave him a Low Blow afterward. Dieno then stole the win with the Gaydo Clutch, grabbing onto the bottom rope for leverage.
Hirata walked to the ring with a purpose today. There was no dance entrance. He instead wanted to wrestle a serious match with Akito just like they used to do when they were rookies. The current fans may not remember that Hirata can do more than a Brainbuster or that he used to wrestle the likes of Hiromu Takahashi. Akito pointed out that Takahashi’s first win was against Hirata but it’s not listed on Wikipedia at all. Hirata is upset that this fact is not part of Takahashi’s Wikipedia entry. He and Akito wrestled a serious match until Hirata used the Tegatana strike to knock out both Akito and Daisuke Kiso. Hirata was about to dance when Akito woke up and asked to join in. They danced and then Kiso got up and danced with them. Akito and Hirata shook hands and Akito turned it into the Goliath Birdeater to immediately win by tap out.
DDT “GET ALIVE 2020”, 07/09/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
??? Fans – Withheld
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno, Seigo Tachibana & Yoshiko
DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2020”, 27/09/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Soma Takao, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani
2. Playfulness Series Act 2: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo, T-Hawk & El Lindaman Vs HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yukio Naya
4. DDT Extreme Title: Shinya Aoki (c) Vs Antonio Honda
5. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT 3 To 3 Tug Of War!: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Akito & Shunma Katsumata
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura (c) Vs Chris Brookes & Drew Parker
Two visits to Korakuen Hall for DDT this month. After yesterday’s show in the building two interesting challenges were made in the aftermath. Chris Brookes & Drew Parker have mended their friendship and are going after Nautilus for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. The DDT fans seem to be warming up to Parker (kind of hard to tell when cheering is prohibited). Also it continues the relationship between DDT and Big Japan since Shunma Katsumata has been crossing over to the other side for death matches.
A special three match series is happening between Junretsu and ALL OUT. This is a gimmick I’ve seen done in places like Dragon Gate and Michinoku Pro. The way they do it is several tug of war ropes are placed in the ring loosely tangled together and covered beneath a large mat. Each wrestler chooses a different rope hanging out of the ring and then the mat is pulled to reveal who are holding the same ropes. That is how the matches are selected. It’s possible that Konosuke Takeshita and Jun Akiyama will pick the same rope and have to do their big singles match weeks before their advertised bout at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020”. However Akito and Katsumata have also made it clear they want to wrestle Akiyama one on one.
DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 7 ~KEEP IT ON YAMATO SOUL~”, 18/10/2020
Osaka City Higashisei Residents Center
1. Double Main Event ~ Special Tag Match: Masato Tanaka & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
2. Double Main Event ~ Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & HUB Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Billy Ken Kid
DDT’s next show in Osaka is the annual Yukinori Matsui booked show. His big idea for the main event is Yuki Ueno & HUB teaming together. HUB used the WR back when he wrestled as Super Dolphin. Yuki Ueno adopted the move after getting his permission. HUB had a match in Osaka against Konosuke Takeshita four years ago that Matsui remembers fondly. Takeshita is teaming with Billy Ken Kid because everyone respects Billy for everything he’s done in the Osaka wrestling scene.
The other match involves a rivalry that Matsui enjoys a lot. It’s time to pit Shigehiro Irie against Yukio Sakaguchi again! But that’s not enough. Let’s also get Masato Tanaka and Kazusada Higuchi in the same ring to give everyone a taste of what the “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2020” main event could have been.
Also appearing on the show are Kengo Takai, Trans-am ☆ Hiroshi, Magnitude Kishiwada, Tsubaba, Kuishinbo Kamen, Yasu Urano and CIMA.
DDT “ROAD TO ULTIMATE PARTY 2020”, 25/10/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Road To Ultimate Party 2020! Special Single Match: CIMA Vs Soma Takao
CIMA wants a warm up match between him and Soma Takao before they face HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji in November. This is a dream come true for Takao. Who could have guessed that little college club wrestler named BIMA would grow up to fight the man he admires most?
DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020”, 03/11/2020
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium
1. Special Tag Match – HarashiMarafuji Vs CimaSoma: HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs CIMA & Soma Takao
2. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Konosuke Takeshita
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
The champion has spoken. Tetsuya Endo wants to defend the KO-D Openweight Title against Daisuke Sasaki! This is not betrayal but out of respect. Endo believes there are only two wrestlers ahead of him, Kenny Omega and Daisuke Sasaki. Omega can’t travel to Japan so Sasaki is the only other suitable choice. Endo has been loyal to Sasaki from the moment he joined DAMNATION four years ago. But Sasaki is making it clear that this match has nothing to do with the stable. There is no power struggle happening. The title match is to prove who is the better man, full stop. Is Sasaki really being honest about this?