Gorgeous Night, Kotetsu Gundan Vs Cavalry, “JUDGEMENT 2016” Match Order

March 10, 2016

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 13/03/2016
Fukushima Kokutai Memorial Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Antonio Honda & Cherry Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Akito & Guanchulo
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki

This will be the final proper DDT show before “JUDGEMENT 2016” in Sumo Hall on 21st March. It is also the annual Fukushima benefit show for charities related to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Gorgeous Matsuno is usually the star of the show.

BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryuchi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hi69

The heavy metal stable Kotetsu Gundan gets its first match since forming. This is also Cavalry’s first match as a trio with Koji Iwamoto recently joining the group.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Seiya Morohashi (c) & Hoshitango Vs DJ Nira & Dai Suzuki
0. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan Vs Marika Kobashi Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Poison Miura Vs Poison KANNA
0. DNA Offer Match – Mao Inoue Comeback: Shunma Katsumata, Guanchulo & Mao Inoue Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Rainbow Kawamura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
0. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Ryu Gouma Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT
1. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Masa Takanshi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yoshihiko Vs Ken Ohka
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo (c), Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase
4. Special Tag Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
5. DDT Extreme Title – Ultimate Royal Barbed Wire PowerPoint No Power Blast PWF Rules: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
6. Kota Ibushi Comeback & Ibushi Wrestling Institute 1st Leg – East & West Toward The Front Over The Entire Surface Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Uchicomi! Presents: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA

This is the official card layout for “JUDGEMENT 2016”. I will do the usual big show preview a few days before the show. The DDT Extreme Title match will be a highlight just based on the match name alone. Daiki Shimomura is out of the DNA match because of an arm injury. The returning Mao Inoue takes his place.


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 9” Results

March 5, 2016

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DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 9”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title: Guanchulo (c) & DJ Nira defeated Seiya Morohashi & Hoshitango when Guanchulo pinned Morohashi with an Oklahoma Roll (4:46).
*Guanchulo passes D1. Seiya Morohashi becomes the 13th King Of Dark Champion.
1. Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Mizuki Watase when Oishi pinned Watase with a Modified Airplane Spin (7:36).
2. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda when Ishii pinned Umeda with the Beast Bomber (10:32).
3. 3 Way Match: Jun Kasai defeated KENSO and Gota Ihashi when Kasai pinned Ihashi with the Pearl Harbour Splash (8:45).
4. Antonio Honda, Tetsuya Endo & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Daisuke Kiso Ken Ohka when Honda pinned Sasadango with the Diving Fist Drop (12:12).
5. Road To Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Kazuki Hirata defeated Ryuichi Sekine by Ring Out (10:01).
Order Of Elimination: Kazusada Higuchi, Soma Takao, Masa Takanashi, Cherry, Toru Owashi, Ryuichi Sekine.
6. Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa when Takeshita pinned Sasaki with the German Suplex (13:04).
7. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu when HARASHIMA pinned Nakatsu with the Somato (14:35).

Not long to go now until the DDT 19th Anniversary show in Sumo Hall. In their final skirmish HARASHIMA’s team got the better of Isami Kodaka and his BASARA friends. Kodaka was powerless to stop HARASHIMA from hitting the Somato on Ryota Nakatsu. HARASHIMA told the crowd that he is sure to win the KO-D Openweight Title from Kodaka and when he does he’ll bring it back to Kasukabe. Why? Because he trains!

Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa suffered their first defeat as a team and it was against one half of the KO-D Tag Team Champions. Konosuke Takeshita had Hiroshi Fukuda constantly singing him songs from his corner to motivate him while he was wrestling. Sasaki & Ishikawa attacked their opponents with a chair when the referee was knocked out but a mistimed Lariat saw Ishikawa deck his partner by accident. Takeshita quickly capitalised and pinned Sasaki with the German Suplex. Sasaki ordered Ishikawa to attack Takeshita with a chair but Tetsuya Endo suddenly appeared and gave Ishikawa a Swan Dive Elbow. Endo told the challengers that even though they beat himself and Takeshita in single matches, they won’t be able to beat them in a tag team match for the titles.

The Battle Royal came down to Kazuki Hirata and Ryuichi Sekine both wearing Hirata GO! glasses and dancing on the ring apron. When the dancing stopped Hirata Dropkicked Sekine to the floor. Hirata said his reward for winning should be entering last in the Right To Challenge Rumble at Sumo Hall. Amon Tsurumi warned that all of the Right To Challenge contracts could be taken by the time Hirata enters the match. Hirata agreed and then asked if he could enter at No. 1 instead. Tsurumi said that would put him in a big disadvantage. Hirata agreed but felt entering second or third would be half-hearted. Tsurumi accepted his request.

Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine spent some time building up their mystery partner for the show. They filmed their reveal next to the men’s restroom backstage. Suddenly Shuji Ishikawa walked out of the restroom but it wasn’t him. It was the man who walked out after him, referee Daisuke Kiso! He didn’t last long in the match and his limp body had to be carried away from ringside. Luckily Ken Ohka was in the building and he took Kiso’s place, reuniting #OhkaEmpire! Unfortunately it wasn’t enough and they took a loss. Dino looked concerned afterwards. His goal to collect asses for his match against Akebono is moving at a slow pace. Ohka encouraged him to hang in there. He then encouraged Sasadango to hang in there and win the DDT Extreme Title from Kendo Kashin. He then encouraged Antonio Honda to hang in there and prepare for Tatsumi Fujinami. He then encouraged Kouki Iwasaki to hang in there and do his best in the DNA Offer Match. He then encouraged himself to hang in there and win the Right To Challenge Rumble.

In a preview of the Weapon Treasure Hunt match at Sumo Hall, KENSO, Jun Kasai and Gota Ihashi faced off in a 3 Way Match. KENSO rejected Kasai’s request to team up on Ihashi. He also turned down a similar request from Ihashi. Ihashi took out 10,000 yen from his booth and offered it to Kasai so they could form an alliance. Kasai thought about it and said “Ikuzo brother!” The alliance didn’t work and KENSO quickly foiled their double team attempts. Ihashi soon got the better of KENSO but that was when Kasai decided to end the alliance and hit Ihashi with a Lariat. He then hit the Pearl Harbour Splash to win. Kasai said he is the real king of Street Wrestling, not that bastard Kota Ibushi.

Kota Umeda tried to make it to three victories in one day with his new Umeda Driver finisher. However Shigehiro Irie was too heavy and fought out of the move before pinning Umeda with the Beast Bomber.

Makoto Oishi and Saki Akai wound up Mizuki Watase in their match by asking if he was a transsexual.

Seiya Morohashi was accidentally flattened by Hoshitango’s Midnight Buenos Aires, allowing Guanchulo to roll him up for the win. There will be no more King Of Dark Title matches until Sumo Hall so Morohashi is stuck as the champion for the next couple of weeks. He kept on bothering Amon Tsurumi during the show to change his mind.


Kawamura Comeback, BASARA Vs Smile Squash, Keep Onesan Away From Alcohol (Not An AV Title, I Checked)

March 3, 2016

DDT “DNA 14”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Tsunehiro Shimatani Debut Match: Tsunehiro Shimatani Vs Kouki Iwasaki
2. Daiki Shimomura Debut Match: Daiki Shimomura Vs Kota Umeda
3. Tomoya Kawamura Comeback Match: Tomoya Kawamura & Daichi Kazato Vs Shunma Katsumata & Guanchulo
4. Bear The Same Fate If They Take The Same Road! Brothers Take Different Paths!: Dai Suzuki & Ken Ohka Vs Tigger Bedscene & Shiori Asahi
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Mizuki Watase
6. Kota Umeda Vs Kouki Iwasaki

Tomoya Kawamura is back in action after a long absence from injury. His last match was in April 2015 and he went under shoulder surgury since then.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 9”, 05/03/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Guanchulo (c) & DJ Nira Vs Seiya Morohashi & Hoshitango
1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda
2. Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Mizuki Watase
3. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & X Vs Antonio Honda, Tetsuya Endo & Kouki Iwasaki
4. 3 Way Match: KENSO Vs Jun Kasai Vs Gota Ihashi
5. Road To Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine
6. Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
7. Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

With the DDT 19th Anniversary main event set we now get a preview match pitting BASARA against Smile Squash.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL MANIA”, 08/03/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs X
2. Ryuichi Sekine & Gota Ihashi Vs Jinbeizamen & Iriomote Wild Cat
3. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Nodoka-onesan Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
4. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & SAGAT
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Akito

Are you sure a show built around alcohol is a suitable location for Nodoka-onesan, a gimmick that looks like she stepped right out of a children’s TV show?

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match: Seiya Morohashi & Hoshitango Vs DJ Nira & Dai Suzuki
0. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan Vs Marika Kobashi Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Poison Miura Vs Poison KANNA
0. King Of Dark Title – DNA Offer Match: Shunma Katsumata, Guanchulo (c) & Daiki Shimomura Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Tomoya Kawamura & Tsunehiro Shimatani
0. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Ryu Gouma Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT
1. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Masa Takanshi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yoshihiko Vs Ken Ohka
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo (c), Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
4. DDT Extreme Title: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
5. Special Tag Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
6. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
8. Kota Ibushi Comeback & Ibushi Wrestling Institute 1st Leg – Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Uchicomi! Presents: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA

I’ll get to writing up the big preview for the show soon. Definitely looks like a stronger card than the previous Sumo Hall show.

The Dramatic Award winners will be announced during the show. There are 13 categories in total: MVP, Best Bout, Best Tag, Best Joshi, Worst Bout, Best Shot, Best Special Move, Best Performance, Best Microphone, Best Sexy, Best SNS, Best Hype Video and Best Department (Best Brand?).


DDT “YAROZ PARTICIPATION” Results

March 1, 2016

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DDT “YAROZ PARTICIPATION”, 01/03/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
185 Fans – Unmarked

1. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango defeated Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT when Hoshitango pinned SAGAT with the Midnight Buenos Aires (11:14).
2. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Yumehito Imanari with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (7:27).
3. Boxing Tag Match: Gota Ihashi & Dai Suzuki defeated Kengo Mashimo & Zeus by DQ when Mashimo attacked the referee (R4 1:56).
4. Ryuichi Sekine Vs Takayuki Ueki ended in a No Contest after they both simultaneously “felt good” (10:40).
5. YaroZ-gun Vs Handsome-gun: Shigehiro Irie, Antonio Honda, Kazusada Higuchi & Ken Ohka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda, Madoka, Tsutomu Oosugi & Mineo Fujita when Irie pinned Fukuda with the YaroZ Bomber (13:59).

Pro wrestling for bastards, by bastards was back in Shinkiba! Brother Mon & Brother Tommy returned to host the latest YaroZ show while the ikemen rival BOYZ were over in Shinjuku. The MCs were here to support Shigehiro Irie in his time of need. For you see, Irie is the ace of YaroZ but he lost his shot at main eventing Sumo Hall the day before. The MCs invited Irie to the ring and he arrived looking upset and low in energy. The MCs tried to cheer him up by inviting Idea Pocket director Mr. Nagata into the ring. Nagata had a surprise for Irie. He brought out AV actress Yuki Yoshizawa. She shook Irie’s hand and asked him to close his eyes so she can give him a little gift. Irie did what he was told. Yoshizawa then swapped places with Nagata and Nagata quickly kissed Irie before switching back with Yoshizawa. Irie’s energy skyrocketed and he was now ready to fight in the main event!

The main event continued the grudge between the YaroZ side and the group of Handsome wrestlers. Hiroshi Fukuda and his Handsome Army ambushed the YaroZ during Yoshizawa’s striptease after the boxing match. They didn’t want the sexy industry’s top model to strip in front of an awful audience of virgins and old men. The YaroZ wrestlers swore they will get revenge in the main event. They were overwhelmed even with an invigorated Irie on their side. Late into the match Fukuda grabbed a mic and yelled about Irie being an ugly loser. Irie was losing faith until Ken Ohka screamed at him to stand up for YaroZ. They rallied up the crowd and even brought many fans into the ring to Lariat Fukuda one after another in the corner. Irie hit a Flying Sausage for a nearfall. He then hit the Beast Bomber, renamed the YaroZ Bomber for this occassion and that was the finish. Irie thanked Yoshizawa for inspiring him. He and the rest of YaroZ all asked her for a date but she politely declined. She was actually more interested in dating one of the Handsome Army wrestlers and left the ring to look for them. Luckily for Irie, The Bed Inn Girls came out to cheer him up with their dancing and teasing. They even gave him a proper kiss.

Yoshizawa returned later in the show to be the ring girl for the boxing match. She appeared wearing normal clothes but took off a piece of clothing after every round. Unsurprisingly most of the roster were at ringside for a closer look. Gota Ihashi & Dai Suzuki were getting killed in the ring but the match wouldn’t end under protest by everyone else, not when there were more rounds left for Yoshizawa to strip to. At one point Ihashi was verbally giving up but the referee pretended to ignore him. During Round 4 both Ihashi & Suzuki were completely knocked out. The referee took his time counting but they wouldn’t budge. Kengo Mashimo became fed up with the nonsense and attacked the referee, getting himself & Zeus disqualified. A big brawl was about to happen when Yoshizawa decided to strip off her remaining normal clothes down to a swimsuit. Everybody rejoiced until they were ambushed by the Handsome Army.

An extra rule was added to the Ryuichi Sekine Vs Takayuki Ueki match. The Bed Inn Girls were allowed to interfere in the match and the first wrestler to “feel good” from their antics would be declared the loser. The Bed Inn Girls teased both wrestlers with dancing, finger licking, straddling and grinding until Ueki and Sekine “felt good” at the same time, ending the match in a draw.

Sanshiro Takagi was in an emotional state after his “dream match” with Yumehito Imanari. He was moved by Imanari’s fighting spirit and thanked him for always making great videos for the shows.


DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2016” Results

February 28, 2016

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DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2016”, 28/02/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,596 Fans – No Vacancy

0. King Of Dark: Mizuki Watase (c) & Kota Umeda defeated Hiroshi Fukuda & Guanchulo when Watase pinned Guanchulo with a Back Drop (7:19).
*Mizuki Watase passes D3. Guanchulo becomes the 12th King Of Dark Champion.
1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) when Iwasaki pinned Hirata with a Cradle (11:58).
*T2Hide fails in V1. Higuchi-gumi becomes the 24th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!
2. Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi defeated Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine when Oishi pinned Dino with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (8:38).
3. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Sasaki Hurricanrana (1:41).
4. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine defeated Yasu Urano & Akito, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi and Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao when Kodaka pinned Akito with the Zeyyari (8:50).
5. DDT Extreme Title – Single Match With 3 People: Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Antonio Honda and Yoshihiko when Kashin submitted Yoshihiko with a Cross Armbreaker (10:44)
*V3 for Kendo Kashin.
6. Special Single Match: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Splash Mountain (14:44).
7. KO-D Openweight Title Next Challenger Final: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Somato (19:52).

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The main event for DDT’s 19th Anniversary show in Sumo Hall is now official. HARASHIMA won the right to challenge Isami Kodaka for the KO-D Openweight Title on 21st March. He had to go through the difficult task of beating Shigehiro Irie to earn his title shot. Kodaka watched the match from ringside. The first sign of the match going in HARASHIMA’s favour was when he dodged a charging Irie outside the ring and Irie ran abdomen first into an iron fence. HARASHIMA targeted Irie’s abdomen until he was hit with a Lariat and the Teddy Bear. A Black Hole Slam, the Flying Sausage and the Beast Bomber only got Irie a two count. HARASHIMA avoided the Vertial Drop Back Flip, hit some Jumping High Kicks and the Reverse Frankensteiner. He hit the Somato but Irie kicked out! HARASHIMA then pulled out his rarely used Firebird Splash but Irie also kicked out of that! Irie blocked another Somato and turned HARASHIMA upside down for the Drill-A-Hole Piledriver. He hit another big Beast Bomber but HARASHIMA would not stay down for the three count. There was a strike exchange with Irie doing a Headbutt but HARASHIMA then stunned him with a High Kick. He then did a Canadian Destroyer but that was yet another nearfall. HARASHIMA followed up with a Buzzsaw Kick but Irie caught his foot. HARASHIMA surprised Irie with a short range Somato from that position and then hit a proper Somato one more time. That was enough to keep Irie down for the count. HARASHIMA thanked Irie for the match and said this was the strongest Irie has ever been. He wants to fight him again and again and again. Kodaka was then brought into the ring to say some words about the Sumo Hall main event. He wasn’t in the mood to start any arguements. He is confident in his ability to defend the title. He shook hands with HARASHIMA but HARASHIMA started pushing Kodaka’s hand down as if they were arm wrestling. Kodaka kicked him away and left the ring.

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Tetsuya Endo wasted no time going after Shuji Ishikawa. After attacking him right away he tried to set up the Sky Twister Press but Ishikawa rolled out of the ring. Endo brawled with Shuji up to the north side of Korakuen Hall where Endo was Body Slammed onto some chairs. He just about got back into the ring before the 20 count. Ishikawa was in control until Endo hit a Missile Dropkick. However Ishikawa was too heavy for the Torture Rack Bomb. Endo escaped the Splash Mountain and kicked out of the Running Knee Lift but his momentum was stopped with the Fire Thunder. He still had life in him and he kicked kept kicking out of Ishikawa’s signature moves until the Splash Mountain put him away for good. Daisuke Sasaki attached a leash to Ishikawa after the match and said he and his pet “Adrian” will win the KO-D Tag Team Titles at Sumo Hall.

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The DDT Extreme Title was defended in a normal one on one match with an extra wrestler involved. Totally not a Triple Threat Match. The champion Kendo Kashin entered with a body paint image of politician Kensuke Miyazaki. Yoshihiko was accompanied by his elder brother Muscle Sakai who was wearing an all black bodysuit. Sakai stood by Yoshihiko for the entire match to aid him with his moves. Kashin and Antonio Honda ignored them to brawl with each other around ringside. Kashin knocked out the referee and grabbed a chair. He attacked Honda and Sakai with the chair and then played dead. Yukinori Matsui woke up and saw Yoshihiko on the chair surrounded by unconscious bodies. He called a foul on Yoshihiko. Kashin used the distraction to sneak behind Yoshihiko and pin it but Honda stopped the count. Honda gave Kashin a Scorpion Death Drop and then hit the Diving Fist Drop on Yoshihiko. Yoshihiko recovered and Dropkicked Honda out of the ring with Sakai’s help. They went over to Kashin but it was a trap! Kashin locked them into a Cross Armbreaker and both Yoshihiko and Sakai tapped out! After the match Honda asked Kashin for one more title match. Kashin assured Honda that he will get what he wants and nominated… Super Sasadango Machine! Suddenly Sakai was gone and Sasadango appeared to accept the match!

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The Zeyyari Isami Kodaka used to pin Akito is a Running Knee Kick to the side of the head. Kodaka said he will continue to defend the KO-D Title once he beats the next guy DDT throws at him. Ryuichi Sekine asked if he could get a title shot. Kodaka said yes. Ryota Nakatsu told them they could do the match in BASARA. Amon Tsurumi told them the next challenger will be determined at Sumo Hall in the Right To Anywhere Rumble match. Sekine & Nakatsu demanded to enter the match. They agreed with Tsurumi to take themselves out of the BASARA offer match so they can be in the Rumble.

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Daisuke Sasaki became grumpy when he was told at the start of the show his match with Konosuke Takeshita would not be for the MAX Lucha Libre Maximo Title. It didn’t matter because Sasaki stunned Takeshita by quickly pinning him with a flash Hurricanrana. However the result came from a dirty gameplan. Sasaki escaped the ring and attacked Hiroshi Fukuda at ringside, prompting Takeshita to chase him. Takeshita caught up and hit Sasaki with a Lariat but was pinned out of nowhere by the Hurricanrana afterwards.

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LiLiCo appeared after Match #2 with Suguru Miyatake by her side. Makoto Oishi asked her who she is teaming with to take on the Kawaii Connection at Sumo Hall. LiLiCo said Miyatake was supposed to be one of her partners but he is injured. Instead she found two other ikemen she fancies, Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase! The two entered the ring and were presented to LiLiCo. She looked at them approvingly and called both of them delicious. Akai said it doesn’t matter who the old hag teams with, she’ll win back the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. The two grabbed each other and had to be pulled apart.

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Danshoku Dino’s current goal is to collect other wrestlers’ asses. Doing so will prepare him for his match with Akebono in Sumo Hall next month. Saki Akai was worried Dino would target her ass but he wasn’t interested for obvious reasons. Super Sasadango Machine had his mask twisted around after he was thrown into Dino’s Hell Gate. A blinded Sasadango gave Dino the Lehmann Shock and Oishi capitalised to grab the win for himself and Akai.

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Before the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title match began Kazuki Hirata took the time to ask the DNA team if they did enough training. He then mockingly wished them luck. The DNA team wasted no time in targeting Hirata. The champions gained control and Hirata looked to pin Kouki Iwasaki for the third time in a month. He caught Iwasaki in the Miracle One Shot Cradle but this time Iwasaki blocked it and cradled Hirata for the surprise three count. Shunma Katsumata credited Iwasaki’s luck for winning them the titles. Kazusada Higuchi was proud to be part of the first DNA wrestlers to win a championship.

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Amon Tsurumi had to explain the King Of Dark Title to Guanchulo when he became the new champion. He wasn’t happy to learn he is being demoted to dark matches.

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The show ended with Sanshiro Takagi bringing the roster into the ring for one last speech in Korakuen before they go to Sumo Hall. He spoke about DDT running inside Saitama Super Arena this time last year. He then brought up DDT running Sumo Hall twice this year. It is a big step for DDT and everyone will make sure it will be successful. The entire roster formed a circle inside the ring and all yelled “Ryogoku Gonna Be Full House! Ooh!” as the show ended.

Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA was announced for the 21/3 Sumo Hall show!

DDT is currently looking for companies to sponsor their shows in Korakuen Hall. The first sponsored show will be “BLACKOUT PRESENTS KING OF DDT 2016 TOKYO” on 28th June. BLACKOUT is an energy drink DDT has promoted in the past on their “SAITAMA SLAM” shows.

The Ring☆Dream characters for Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino and KUDO will soon be voiced in the web browser game.


Snake World Threatens, Ibushi In His Element, Phantom Rumble

February 24, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! OSAKA, JUMP!!”, 06/03/2016
Osaka World Pavilion

1. Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan
2. Rika Tatsumi Vs Marika Kobashi
3. Yuka Sakizaki Vs Azusa Takigawa
4. Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Nonoko & Ai Shimizu
5. Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao Vs Poison KANNA & Poison Miura

Things are looking bleak for Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao after they both lost to Snake World Joshi wrestlers at the last show. Snake World Joshi also gained a member when Mitsuya Nagai was brainwashed by Poison Sawada JULIE.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Yuu Vs Marika Kobashi
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan Vs Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa
3. Shoko Nakajima Vs Ai Shimizu
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Nonoko
5. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Koda Tetsuya) Vs Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)

Tokyo Joshi GM Koda Tetsuya is being put in Sukeban-gun’s corner because Sanshiro Takagi will be busy working at a separate DDT show that day.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. DNA Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka Onesan Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Hyper Misao Vs Hyper KANNA
3. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer 8-Man Tag Team Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Ryuichi Sekine, FUMA, Daichi Kazato, Yusuke Kubo, Ryota Nakatsu, SAGAT, Ryu Gouma
4. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: X Vs X
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo, X & X
6. Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA or Shigehiro Irie

Kota Ibushi’s return sees him added to the Falls Count Anywhere Match. This is the first time Ibushi will do such a match inside Sumo Hall. God only knows what ideas he’ll have in that environment.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “POKEBERU GA NARANAKUTE 2016”, 29/03/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Eating Log 4.25 Class Of Love Calls: Yumehito Imanari Vs Bambi
2. World’s Strongest Phantom Rumble ~Bracken Of The Living Dead~: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Dr. Kirico Vs Potato Head Sera Vs Hong Kong International Police Man Vs Hong Kong Domestic Police Man Vs Hong Kong International Women’s Police Man Vs Atsushi Maruyama Vs Choun-Shiryu
3. Ganpuro Vs Tomodachi-gun: Ken Ohka, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

If the Ganpuro team win the main event they get to take back Yukihiro Abe from Tomodachi-gun and rehabilitate him back to normal. Abe has been listening only to Minoru Fujita ever since he joined his group and Fujita tells him he can become stronger if he beats Ken Ohka.

The Phantom Rumble sounds like a nightmare in more ways than one.


Ibushi Announces Return, Creates Ibushi Wrestling Institute

February 22, 2016

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A press conference was held inside DDT’s new Shinjuku office this morning and it was all about Kota Ibushi. He’s been away from the public eye ever since October when a suspected herniated cervical disc put him out of action. Barring a tweet here and there, things were quiet from his end until today. He was at the conference along with DDT President Sanshiro Takagi & GM Amon Tsurumi to make a few announcements. First Ibushi’s dual contract with DDT and New Japan Pro Wrestling has been cancelled. Ibushi’s injury turned out to be lumbar spondylolisthesis and he is on track to making a full recovery. He was given the OK by his doctor to return to pro wrestling but personally feels he has hit his physical limit. The schedule he had for the last two years working for two companies at the same time has taken its toll. He now thinks it is time for him to pursue a new kind of pro wrestling separate from either company. So he is now graduating from DDT and New Japan to launch the Ibushi Wrestling Institute. What that is exactly Ibushi hasn’t said but he will give us more details eventually. He is the only member of the Institute and he himself does not know if he will invite anyone else to join.

It looks like Ibushi will still wrestle for DDT and New Japan eventually but as a representative of Ibushi Wrestling Institute. NJPW President Naoki Sugibayashi released a statement saying he looks forward to working with Ibushi again in the future. Ibushi’s return match will take place at “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~” in Sumo Hall on 21st March. He and Gota Ihashi will be added to the Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match turning it into a 3 Way Tag against Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai and KENSO & Michael Nakazawa. It will be the first time Ibushi will be in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at Sumo Hall. That and getting to wrestle both Takagi and Nakazawa again are why Ibushi was put into the match.


DDT “DRAMATIC SWAN MAIDEN 2016” Results

February 21, 2016

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DDT “DRAMATIC SWAN MAIDEN 2016”, 20/02/2016
Shizuoka Shimizu Marine Building
249 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Akito defeated Gota Ihashi with a Figure 4 Leg Lock (8:23).
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Owashi pinned Matsunaga with the Nodowa Otoshi (6:18).
3. 3 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata defeatedSoma Takao and Kouki Iwasaki when Hirata pinned Iwasaki with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (5:20).
4. MAX Lucha Libre Maximo Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Cross Facelock (12:51).
*V5 for Daisuke Sasaki.
5. Shunma Katsumata & Guanchulo defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Katsumata pinned Oishi with a School Boy (11:27).
6. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda when Endo pinned Umeda with the Torture Rack Bomb (13:09).
7. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Ishii pinned Urano with a Frankensteiner (15:54).

The main event was the last warm up match for HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie before their No. 1 Contender bout on 28th February. Things were even between them so it was up to Keisuke Ishii to win the match by pinning Yasu Urano with a Frankensteiner. HARASHIMA and Irie stared each other down after the match.

The show took place in Makoto Oishi’s home of Shizuoka and he was introduced as the local hero. Unfortunately the homecoming ended badly when Oishi had his face pushed into Danshoku Dino’s ass and was then pinned by Shunma Katsumata.

Daisuke Sasaki attacked Hiroshi Fukuda at the start of the show in protest for their match being a non-title bout. Amon Tsurumi refused to put Sasaki’s MAX Lucha Libre Title on the line until Fukuda asked for it.

Kazuki Hirata again pinned Kouki Iwasaki with the Miracle One Shot Cradle. Hirata told Iwasaki it was a genuine three count and it proves he and the rest of the DNA team are not qualified for a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles match at Korakuen Hall later this month. Iwasaki said he and his team will be prepared in Korakuen.

Match #2 started with Toru Owashi and Kazusada Higuchi squaring off to see who was better at sumo. Sanshiro Takagi interrupted and said Lucha Libre was better. Owashi agreed and the match turned into Lucha Vs Sumo. Lucha won on this day.


Road To Judgement 2016

February 16, 2016

DDT “DRAMATIC SWAN MAIDEN 2016”, 20/02/2016
Shizuoka Shimizu Marine Building

1. Akito Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. 3 Way Match: Soma Takao Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Kouki Iwasaki
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
6. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata & Guanchulo
7. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

One last warm up match for HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie before they fight over the No. 1 Contendership.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.3”, 21/02/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. 3 Way Match: Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka Onesan
2. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko, Ai Shimizu & Rika Tatsumi
3. Hyper Misao Vs Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)
4. Saki Akamiya Vs Poison KANNA (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)

Marika Kobashi will miss the show because she is busy studying for her junior high school exams.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “MACHINE GUN O BUPPANASE 2016”, 21/02/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Wrestle Counselling: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
2. Fighting Flames War: Shibata Vs Hayato Mashita
3. Grudge Panda: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Dr. Kirico
4. Ganpuro Terrace House 3 Way Match -Public And Private Confusion-: Yumehito Imanari Vs Bambi Vs Manami Kanda
5. Ganpuro-gun Vs Tomodachi-gun ~Declaration Of War~: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Osamu Namiguchi Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

So far Dr. Kirico has been either Atsushi Maruyama or Shuichiro Katsumura hidden under the mask. I’m not sure if J-Soul Pandita III IV is aware that it’s a different person everytime, it probably just sees the evil doctor that killed one of its kin two years ago.

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2016”, 28/02/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark: Mizuki Watase (c) & Kota Umeda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Guanchulo
1. Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi Vs Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine
2. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
3. Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Shuji Ishikawa
5. DDT Extreme Title – Single Match With 3 People: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yoshihiko
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title Next Challenger Final: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie

The DNA team haven’t convinced T2Hide that they deserve their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot. Kazuki Hirata pinned Kouki Iwasaki with his Miracle Cradle in their non-title trios match. However the DNA team were able to beat Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi in a separate trios match the day before.

LiLiCo will be in attendance. She is still the current Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. I’m certain we’ll be introduced to her partners for Sumo Hall. Who could she get to face the Kawaii Connection? Should she fight fire with fire in this situation?

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. DNA Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka Onesan Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Hyper Misao Vs Hyper KANNA
3. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer 8-Man Tag Team Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Ryuichi Sekine, FUMA, Daichi Kazato, Yusuke Kubo, Ryota Nakatsu, SAGAT, Ryu Gouma
4. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: X Vs X
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo, X & X
6. Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA or Shigehiro Irie

The Right To Challenge Match is held in Sumo Hall for the first time. The combined Ladder and Royal Rumble rules is one of the highlights of the DDT calander. No word yet on how many prizes will be on offer but the winner of the Rumble section will get a guaranteed KO-D Openweight Title match. The other prizes are usually Money In The Bank style contracts.

Ken Ohka and The World’s Cutest Tag Team will all be wrestling on the show.


DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2016” Results

February 14, 2016

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DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2016”, 14/02/2016
Aichi Nagoya Naka Sports Center
423 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. MAX LUCHA LIBRE Maximo Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Makoto Oishi with the Vietnam Driver II (10:37).
*V4 for Daisuke Sasaki.
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki when Hirata pinned Iwasaki with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (10:11).
3. 3 Way Match: Kengo Takai defeated Danshoku Dino and Guanchulo when Takai pinned Guanchulo with a Lariat (7:40).
4. Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Gota Ihashi when Takeshita pinned Ihashi with the German Suplex (10:27).
5. Isami Kodaka defeated Kota Umeda with the Isamuashi Zan (10:57).
6. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated HARASHIMA, Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Irie pinned Matsunaga with the Beast Bomber (11:20).
7. Antonio Honda defeated Yasu Urano with the Diving Fist Drop (19:28).

In the main event Antonio Honda got a much needed boost of momentum by beating Yasu Urano. Afterwards Honda spoke about recently turning 38 years old and compared it to The Walking Dead. He’s been in a pessimistic mood as if he was in a world filled with zombies. Even if he gets rid of the zombies he never knows when he could die and turning 38 makes him feel like he’s one step closer to death. However last year he had a good time wrestling against younger people like Kazuki Hirata and Akito, especially his match with Akito for the DDT Extreme Title. It was moments like them that reminds him why he is dedicated to pro wrestling. He invited the rest of Happy Motels into the ring and told them, the referee and the audience to embrace these moments with him. In the post-match interview Honda brought up The Walking Dead again and explained that wrestling Urano was like fighting a zombie. No matter how hard he hit him he always came back. The only way to beat him was to shoot him through the head. But since he had no guns he had to use the Bionic Elbow and Diving Fist Drop instead.

Shigehiro Irie continues to steam roll through his opponents. His only thoughts right now are beating HARASHIMA later this month and his recent victories are keeping him sharp.

Kota Umeda confronted Amon Tsurumi at the start of the show asking if he could be inserted into the KO-D No. 1 Contender’s Match on 28th February after he beats Isami Kodaka. Tsurumi told him that would be impossible but relented when Umeda threatened him. Umeda was happy with the decision and now more motivated for his match. Unfortunately he couldn’t beat Kodaka and the KO-D Openweight Champion now has a clean sweep over Shuten-dōji in singles matches except for KUDO. Kodaka said he will wait for KUDO to return.

In a non-title match T2Hide were able to beat their upcoming challengers from DNA. Kazuki Hirata told the DNA wrestlers to do their best training because the match result will be the same at Korakuen Hall. Kouki Iwasaki was annoyed that he was pinned from a Cradle and is determined not to let that happen again when the titles are on the line.

Daisuke Sasaki interrupted the opening announcements to demand his match with Makoto Oishi to be a MAX Lucha Libre Maximo Title Match. He beat Oishi to add another successful title defence to his reign. Backstage Sasaki accused DDT of probably being behind a conspiracy to not book title defences for him.