DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN OITA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORITEN~” Results

April 10, 2015

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN OITA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORITEN~”, 10/04/2015
Oita Event Hall
228 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Antonio Honda defeated Kota Umeda with the Diving Fist Drop (10:55).
2. KUDO defeated Makoto Oishi with a Backspin Kick (7:54).
3. Danshoku Dino & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Sanshiro Takagi Vs MIKAMI when Dino pinned MIKAMI with the Nembutsu Danshoku Driver (9:13).
4. Yasu Urano defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Tombstone Piledriver (12:00).
5. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Irie pinned Miyatake with the Beast Bomber (17:36).
6. HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi with the Somato (17:28).

The Golden☆Storm Riders put good use to a plastic tray on wheels they found in the building. They used a table as a slide for Suguru Miyatake to launch himself into their opponents but they easily got out of the way.

Tetsuya Endo suffered a broken third metatarsal in his left foot during his match with Yasu Urano. He’ll be out of action for the rest of the weekend and possibly the “SAITAMA SLAM!” show on 19th April. Hiroshi Fukuda will take his place on the rest of this weekend’s shows.

The Fatal 4 Way match was turned into a tag team match after all four wrestlers involved requested it. Danshoku Dino is delving further into his recent discovery of Buddhism and entered the ring to Jinsei Shinzaki’s theme song. Dino now hails from No. 69 Fudasho and is on a pilgrimage to discover “Danshoku Life”. He has become apologetic to his oppoenents while he wrestles them and called MIKAMI’s Danshoku Life weak after he pinned him.


Road To Ryogoku, Girls Battle, Saitama Slam, DNA 5

April 6, 2015

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN OITA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORITEN~”, 10/04/2015
Oita Event Hall

1. 4 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs MIKAMI Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Antonio Honda Vs Kota Umeda
4. Yasu Urano Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
6. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

Two Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts are on the line. Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano better not take their opponents lightly.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN KOKURA ~DRAMATIC DREAM NIWATORI KASHIWA MESHI~”, 11/04/2015
Fukuoka Kitakyushu Palace

1. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Tetsuo & Dynamite Kyushu Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Minoru Fujita, Punch-kun & Sexy Rosie
2. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Tetsuya Endo Vs Kota Umeda
4. Akito Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

Akito and Daisuke Sasaki face each other in a non-title match. Last time they fought in singles action, Sasaki won. That victory is what makes him the No. 1 Contender for Akito’s DDT Extreme Title.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN KUMAMOTO ~DRAMATIC DREAM NIWATORI KASHIWA MESHI~”, 12/04/2015
Kumamoto Distribution Information Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tetsuya Endo Vs MIKAMI
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuto Aijima & Shigehiro Irie
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

Smile Squash and Shuten-dōji collide in the last show of the weekend.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 4”, 18/04/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs MIZUHO
2. 3 Way Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Erin Vs Hyper Misao
3. Biishiki-gun Vs Bust Deluxe: Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Akane Miura
4. Miyu Yamashita Vs KANNA

Chikage Kiba has decided not to wrestle on this show because she has been unable to train due to other commitments. She doesn’t want to wrestle until she is satisfied by the progress she makes in practice sessions.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 1”, 19/04/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo
1. BOYZ-gun Vs YaroZ-gun: Kota Ibushi, Makoto Oishi, Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Shigehiro Irie & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki

The small rivalry between BOYZ and YaroZ is under the spotlight again.

DDT “DNA 5”, 01/05/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Masaya Takahashi
2. Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuji Hino
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Atsushi Aoki
4. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata

Suguru Miyatake is becoming the new Michael Nakazawa. DDT just wants him to get beaten up for some reason.


DDT “FURIMUKEBA YOKOHAMA 2015 SPRING” Results

April 4, 2015

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DDT “FURIMUKEBA YOKOHAMA 2015 SPRING”, 04/04/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall
426 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Rope Assisted Pin (3:55).
*D4 for Gota Ihashi.
1. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when HARASHIMA pinned Miyatake with the Somato (18:39).
2. Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira defeated Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI when Dino pinned MIKAMI with the Nenbutsu Danshoku Driver (6:37).
3. Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata when Oishi pinned Katsumata with the Miracle Ecstasy (10:07).
4. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kota Umeda with the 19 Years Old (13:23).
5. Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo defeated KUDO & Masa Takanashi when Honda pinned Takanashi with a Cradle (12:19).
6. Kazuki Hirata Tokyo GO Numbers Game – 2nd Round: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Skewered Jumping Knee (9:29).
7. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kazuki Hashimoto when Irie pinned Hashimoto with the Beast Bomber (21:23).

The build-up over the KO-D Tag Team Titles is getting tense. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie scored a victory over the champions with the help of Tomomitsu Matsunaga taking the place of an injured Soma Takao. Ishii & Irie praised the strength of Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi but they said they will absolutely take the belts from them. Okabayashi warned that the challengers will be crushed soon enough.

Yukio Sakaguchi wore the HIRATA GO glasses and used the power of the music to punch and kick Kazuki Hirata unconscious.

After Hiroshi Fukuda avoided a dark fate by winning the King Of Dark Title Match, Amon Tsurumi asked if he had gotten a chance to speak to Barack Obama about when to cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract. Fukuda said it is a sensitive issue and he will cash in at an appropriate time. So don’t miss it!

Turned out the appropriate time was halfway through the show. Fukuda declared his cash in and was ready for Kota Ibushi! Unfortunately Ibushi was no longer in the building. His match took place at the beginning of the show and he was allowed to leave early so he could prepare for his IWGP Heavyweight Title match in New Japan tomorrow. Fukuda asked who was more important, himself or AJ Styles? Tsurumi said probably Styles. Fukuda then claimed he will cash in his contract tomorrow after the New Japan show. He was told he can’t because DDT is not running any shows tomorrow. Fukuda gave up and asked when is the next DDT show taking place in or near Tokyo. That would be 19th April in Kasukabe Hall. Fukuda said that date will be hard for him to do but he did not rule it out.

Akito nominated Daisuke Sasaki as the No. 1 Contender for the DDT Extreme Title. Sasaki defeated Akito by submission when they last fought each other one on one. That only took place back in March. The rematch will take place on 19th April.

In the battle of the 19 year olds, Konosuke Takeshita pinned Kota Umeda with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster. To mark the occassion Takeshita’s Brainbuster will now be called the 19 Years Old much like how Genichiro Tenryu named his Brainbuster the 53 Years Old.

Danshoku Dino channelled the spirit of Jinsei Shinzaki for his tag match. He wore a similar pilgrim costume and performed a couple of Shinzaki’s taunts and spots including the rope walk.

One day before his IWGP Title Match, Kota Ibushi sent a message to AJ Styles by using the Styles Clash… on his own tag team partner? Ibushi came up with the bright idea of turning the Styles Clash into a double team move, doing it to Suguru Miyatake on top of HARASHIMA. However HARASHIMA recovered and hit the Somato on Miyatake to win the match for Smile Squash. HARASHIMA wished Ibushi luck for tomorrow and to be ready for their KO-D Openweight Title match on 29th April.


DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015” Results

March 29, 2015

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DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015”, 29/03/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title: Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker (4:09).
*D3 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango defeated MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata whn Owashi pinned Katsumata with the Nodowa Otoshi (7:49).
2. Next KO-D Tag Team Titles Challenger Final: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi when Irie pinned Sakaguchi with the Beast Bomber (10:00).
3. Sanshiro Takagi 20th Anniversary Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai defeated Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake when Takagi pinned Miyatake with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb through a table (14:40).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Total Count Match: X=Shiori Asahi (c) (17) Vs Akito (17) ended in a draw (10:00).
4a. Sudden Death One Count Match: Akito defeated X=Shiori Asahi (c) with an Airplane Cradle (1:32).
*Shiori Asahi fails in V2. Akito becomes the 32nd DDT Extreme Champion!
5. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: HARASHIMA defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Somato (23:35).
5a. Right To Challenge King Of Dark Title: Tetsuya Endo (8:21).
5b. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 1: Yasu Urano (8:21).
5c. Right To Host Box Office: Masa Takanashi (11:13).
5d. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 2: Hiroshi Fukuda (13:02).
5e. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 3: Kazusada Higuchi (15:24).
5f. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 4: Antonio Honda (17:16).
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) defeated Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine when Okabayashi pinned Dino with the Konaki Golem Splash (16:10).
*V1 for Storng BJ.

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The team of Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine were fully prepared for their KO-D Tag Team Title shot today. They both wore Machine masks and showed a Powerpoint presentation explaining how they plan to win. The presentation was titled “A Discussion Of The Tag Team Championship Challenges And Work-life Balance By A 37-Year-Old Duo”. Sasadango’s work-life balance is “Mold”, “Home”, “Graduate School”, “Local Talent Industry” and “Local Wrestler Business”. Dino’s balance is “Gay”, “Gay Time Writer”, “Security Guards”, “Gay Function Activities” and “Gay Wrestler”. They worked out that the champions’ balance is “Muscle Training”, “Wrestling”, “Muscle Training”, “Wrestling” and “Poseidon”. The solution to beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi was to create the Konaki Danshoku Driver, a double team version of Dino’s finisher. The move is named after Konaki Jijii from the manga GeGeGe no Kitarō. Sasadango puts on a Konaki Jijii costume which dramatically increases his weight and he leaps onto Dino’s back as he does the Danshoku Driver.

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The challengers jumped the bell and did everything they could to get the advantage. A few DDT wrestlers interfered to help them and did so while wearing Machine masks. The challengers hit the Konaki Danshoku Driver on Okabayashi but Sekimoto was there to break the count. Frustrated, Dino & Sasadango removed their masks revealing that they are now both bald! They hit the Konaki Danshoku Driver again but Sekimoto breaks the pin once more. The champions turned the tables and Okabayashi got his hands on the Konaki costume. Okabayashi put on the costume, increasing his weight to 2 tons and hit the Golem Splash for the victory. After the match Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie came down to confirm their challenge for the KO-D Tag Titles on 29th April. That is the same date Ishii & Irie won the All Asia Tag Team Titles last year. Sekimoto told them to bring the best they got.

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The Right To Challenge Battle Royal had eight prizes in total. The main one was a KO-D Openweight Title shot on 29th April in Korakuen Hall, which was given to HARASHIMA for winning the Royal Rumble portion of the match. He and Kota Ibushi didn’t play any games when they faced each other after the match. This time they accepted each other’s handshake.

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The other seven prizes were in envelopes held above the ring. Each envelope had a different design on it except for two which both had a skull logo. Tetsuya Endo and Yasu Urano were the first to grab contracts while fighting over them at the top of the ladder. Urano got a Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract while Endo was gutted to find out he got a King Of Dark Title match. Masa Takanashi grabbed the smiley face envelope and got the rights to book his own DDT show. Hiroshi Fukuda snuck up the ladder during Kazuki Hirata’s dance entrance and got himself the 2nd Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract. Undefeated DNA rookie Kazusada Higuchi got the 3rd Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract and Antonio Honda got the 4th thanks to Konosuke Takeshita helping him up the ladder.

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When the match was over there was still one contract remaining, the first time it has ever happened for this match. Amon Tsurumi decided the contract will go to a winner of another Battle Royal on 29th April. The contract holders were all interviewed after the match. Takanashi said he will think about when he will cash in his contract. Endo said he will cash in his King of Dark contract on 19th April in Saitama. Urano wants to win the KO-D Title fair and square so he will not cash in when the champion least expects it. Fukuda wants to consult with Barack Obama before he decides when to get his title match. Higuchi said he will get his title match in Sapporo Teisen Hall because he wants to win the title near his hometown. Honda declared he will not cash in until pollen season is over because his nose is currently stuffy.

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Oh no! The hype backlash has begun for Shiori Asahi, although it is just as manufactured as his popularity. Amon Tsurumi is tired of Asahi being cheered so he instructed the fans to boo him instead just to mix things up. The fans played along and Asahi was stunned by the crowd turning on him when he came out. Akito on the other hand got a lot of support as the Total Count Match went on. With every second from a pinfall counting as a point, both wrestlers went with School Boys and Cradles to score quickly and often. Asahi took the lead by a wide margin but Akito came back and got the equalizing point right before the time limit expired. Sudden death quickly began and after 90 seconds of frantic scrambling, Akito got the winning pin count to regain the DDT Extreme Title! After the match Akito was thrilled to have the belt back and said the match taught him the importance of the one count.

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Sanshiro Takagi wanted something crazy for his 20th anniversary and he got it. He & Jun Kasai fought Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake in a wild Falls Count Anywhere match. Kasai and Ibushi were at each other’s throats for a lot of the match, brawling up to the balcony. There was a scary moment when Ibushi was lifted over the railing and was left hanging over ringside from the ledge! Tables, basins, a barbed wire baseball bat and the Combat Bicycle were all used during the match. Takagi splashed Miyatake through two tables and then Power Bombed him through a third while yelling “Congratulations 20th Anniversary!” to himself. Ibushi and Kasai had a staredown after the match.


Niconico Super Pro Wrestling, Isami Vs Sakaguchi, Thanks M.I.O

March 26, 2015

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NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING”, 25/04/2015
Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall

NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING”, 26/04/2015
Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall

The annual Niconico Chokaigi Super Conference in Japan will be hosting some wrestling events but it won’t be just any kind of pro wrestling. It will be Super Pro Wrestling!. The ring will be provided by phone company au and five shows are scheduled to take place. Genichiro Tenryu and Bob Sapp will be part of the main show along with talent from DDT and Michinoku Pro. Also scheduled is an Idol Wrestling show featuring girls from Tokyo Joshi Pro, an Ikeman show for the female audience, Yuru-chara Pro Wrestling featuring company mascots from all over Japan and Live Game Wrestling where matches will be booked by a popular Let’s Play channel called M.S.S Project.

There will be a special item for sale at the Super Pro Wrestling booth throughout the weekend. A limited edition “Yoshihiko Smartphone Piledriver” iPhone cover will be available for 1,300 yen and there will only be 1,000 of them available.

Niconico is a video streaming site so it’s possible the wrestling shows will be streamed live somewhere during the weekend.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
2. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Isami Kodaka believes he and Yukio Sakaguchi will give each other tremendous pain but that is what will make it a fun match.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 3”, 09/05/2015
Osaka Ikuno Kumen Center

1. 3 Way Match: Sonoko Kato Vs Ryo Minami Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
2. Psuedo Close Match: HAYATE, Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yumi Ohka, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
3. Mio Thank Match: Mio Shirai Vs Takashi Sasaki

The third M.I.O show has Mio Shirai going up against Takashi Sasaki. With retirement on the horizon, Shirai is not shying away from giving herself tough challenges.


Judgement, DNA 4, Street Wrestling, Biishiki-gun, Ganbare Anniversary

March 23, 2015

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015”, 29/03/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata
2. Sanshiro Takagi 20th Anniversary Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake
3. Next KO-D Tag Team Titles Challenger Final: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
5. DDT Extreme Title – Total Count Match: X (c) Vs Akito
*X is Shiori Asahi.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine

The Total Count Match is a ten minute Ironman match where a point is scored for every second you pin your opponent. A one count sudden death overtime takes place if there is a tie at the end.

DDT “DNA 4”, 02/04/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Kazuhiro Tamura & Ryuichi Sekine
2. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Shunma Katsumata Vs Taiji Ishimori
4. Dai Suzuki Vs Tigers Mask
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Suguru Miyatake

The undefeated Kazusada Higuchi goes against Suguru Miyatake, the wrestler who has so far gained the highest profile out of all the DNA roster.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN KOKURA ~DRAMATIC DREAM NIWATORI KASHIWA MESHI~”, 11/04/2015
Fukuoka Kitakyushu Palace

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles Match: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

The former champions have called for their automatic rematch. Will the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles quickly change hands again or can a team finally get a good run going??

DDT “STREET WRESTLING”, 15/04/2015
Shizuoka Izuguranparu Park

4 Way Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai Vs Gota Ihashi & Suguru Miyatake

DDT brings its Anywhere Pro Wrestling to Izuguranparu Park, the largest location yet for their street wrestling antics.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 4”, 18/04/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Biishiki-gun Vs Bust Deluxe: Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Akane Miura
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs KANNA

KANNA wants to prove she is not beneath Miyu Yamashita’s level after they lost to Biishiki-gun on the last show. Yamshita has beaten KANNA in all five singles match they’ve had in Tokyo Joshi.

With the formation of Biishiki-gun, Saki Akai is making enemies everywhere in Tokyo Joshi Pro. She and Ai Shimizu have now been challenged by Bust Deluxe after Akai called both of them pigs.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY ANNIVERSARY”, 18/04/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. You Can Bet The Name Of Yoshino: Osamu Namiguchi Vs Kotaro Yoshino
2. Special Single Match: GENTARO Vs Chikara
3. Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shibata & Tomoya Kawamura

Ganpuro’s feud with Union Pro took a turn when Shibata, a fighter who has been involved with Ganpuro for almost a year turned his back on the company. Shibata believes Ganpuro lacks the fiery passion Ken Ohka often claims it has.


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM SPECIAL! 2015 ~TELETAMA BROADCASTING 1ST ANNIVERSARY~” Results

March 21, 2015

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DDT “SAITAMA SLAM SPECIAL! 2015 ~TELETAMA BROADCASTING 1ST ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
1,344 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda when Higuchi submitted Umeda with the Canadian Backbreaker (8:17).
1. Yasu Urano & Akito defeated Tomoya & Shunma Katsumata when Akito pinned Katsumata with the Kinniku Big Move (10:01).
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Dino pinned Miyatake with the Gotch-Style Danshoku Driver (12:37).
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Do It Or Die! – Special Single Match: Aja Kong (c) defeated Saki Akai with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (7:13).
*V? for Aja Kong.
4. Teletama Presents 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & MIKAMI (11:36).
4a. DJ Nira eliminated MIKAMI by Ring Out (5:06).
4b. DJ Nira was eliminated by Ring Out (6:04).
4c. Kazuki Hirata eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga by Ring Out (6:16).
4d. Konosuke Takeshita eliminated Toru Owashi by Ring Out (9:00).
4e. Konosuke Takeshita eliminated Sanshiro Takagi by Ring Out (9:04).
4f. Konosuke Takeshita eliminated Kazuki Hirata with the Touchdown (11:36).
5. Eat Or Be Eaten! – Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Somato (16:30).
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) when Takanashi pinned Takao with the Takatonic (14:22).
*Team Dream Futures fails in V1. Shuten-dōji becomes the 18th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Yoshihiko with the Phoenix Splash (18:56).
*V1 for Kota Ibushi.

DDT returned to Kasukabe Hall to celebrate their one year anniversary of running shows in the venue. The main event was a rematch of one of DDT’s most infamous KO-D Openweight Title matches in recent memory. Kota Ibushi defended his championship against Yoshihiko in their first singles match since 2009. The challenger had been very aggressive to Ibushi in the build up to the match. Here it refused to shake hands before the match began. It also wrestled in a T-shirt which makes me wonder if Yoshihiko was in bad shape today. Yoshihiko did what it could to Ibushi. Piledrivers, Dangerous Back Drops, Brainbusters, Dragon Suplexes. It even countered Ibushi’s Phoenix Plex into a Hurricanrana! All this did was build up Ibushi’s meter and the champion unleashed a devastating top rope Power Bomb Driver followed by the Swan Dive German Suplex! Ibushi then hit the Phoenix Splash and it was the end for Yoshihiko’s title chances. Both fighters were wiped out after the match but Ibushi grabbed Yoshihiko’s hand and showed his respect. Ibushi was told his next defence will be on 29th April against the winner of the Battle Royal section of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere match. He also has an IWGP Heavyweight Title match against AJ Styles before then. Ibushi said he hopes to defend his title and that the next time he is in Saitama he will be a double champion!

What is up with the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles? The list of short title reigns continue after Team Drift lost the belts back to Shuten-dōji in their first defence. Shigehiro Irie asked for a rematch. Masa Takanashi said no but KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi said yes, so another match is on the way.

An 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match was sponsored by Television Saitama Co., Ltd, or Teletama for short. DJ Nira got a taste of success when he eliminated MIKAMI with a Rocket Punch that sent MIKAMI out of the ring. However Nira eliminated himself seconds later when he somehow slipped while climbing to the top rope and fell to the floor. Konosuke Takeshita and Antonio Honda both wore headgear in the shape of Teletama’s mascot and together danced to Teletama’s theme song to power up and win the match. Their prize is they will soon get to produce a video of themselves singing the theme song for Teletama.

I guess due to legal reasons DDT censors the name of Kazuki Hirata’s theme song in its show report. It is instead written as “●O●●O ●O!” while the Battle-News website writes it as “T●KY●,G●!”

Saki Akai is starting to show some growth in her wrestling career. In her pre-match video she admitted she was originally only going to wrestle for one year but has since become determined to regain the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Aja Kong. And she wants to do it as a DDT wrestler rather than as a guest celebrity. Unfortunately she still has a lot of work to do as Kong was still too much of a challenge for her to overcome. Kong complained about a lack of strong challengers to fight until Gota Ihashi suddenly ambushed her with his King Of Dark Title belt. Akai surprisingly defended Kong and stopped Ihashi with a High Kick. Kong knocked out Ihashi with the Uraken and despite being annoyed by what just happened, thanked Akai for helping. Kong then granted Akai a future rematch for the Iron Man Title.

Danshoku Dino is continuing his latest mission: to turn every town he visits into a “Gay Town”! It begun with Fukushima and today Saitama was his target. Sugaru Miyatake wanted to stop him but couldn’t after falling foul to the Gotch-Style Danshoku Driver.

The DDT Extreme Champion was not in attendance but he did leave a message for Akito about their title match next week. X wants to wrestle in a Total Count Match. It is a ten minute Ironman match and a point is scored for every second you pin your opponent. If there is a tie at the end then it will be sudden death with one more point needed to win.

Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki both qualify for the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal on 29th March.

A Road Wrestling match will be held in Izuguranparu Park, Saitama on 15th April. The match is Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Gota Ihashi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki.


Ibushi Prepares For Yoshihiko & AJ Styles, Mitomi Masayuki Comeback

March 18, 2015

Kota Ibushi’s run in New Japan just keeps getting better. After winning the New Japan Cup last weekend he now has an IWGP Title against AJ Styles match at Sumo Hall on 5th April. If Ibushi beats Yoshihiko this Saturday then the New Japan main event is guaranteed to be IWGP Champion Vs KO-D Champion, a first for New Japan and DDT’s relationship.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM SPECIAL! 2015 ~TELETAMA BROADCASTING 1ST ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
1. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Tomoya & Shunma Katsumata
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Teletama Presents Infomercial Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira
4. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Do It Or Die! – Special Single Match: Aja Kong (c) Vs Saki Akai
5. Eat Or Be Eaten! – Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Yoshihiko

So DDT has put up a fact sheet and list of career highlights for Yoshihiko before his KO-D Title match with Ibushi. Apparently Kurt Angle gave plenty of praise when he saw footage of Yoshihiko attacking Ibushi and laying down the challenge. When Ric Flair watched the same clip he just said “This is wrestling!” Also of note is Yoshihiko feels strongly about getting the 5th April IWGP Title shot if he beats Ibushi.

UNION “MARCH OF UNION 2015”, 28/03/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Yuuya Kubo Vs Yuki Sato
2. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana)
3. Mio Shirai & Aoi Ishibashi Vs Ryu Gouma & Ladybeard
4. Isami Kodaka Vs Ryota Nakatsu
5. Mitomi Masayuki Comeback: Seiya Morohashi & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Daisuke Kanehira
6. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry Vs Shu Shibutani
7. FUMA, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT (w/ MEN’S Teioh) Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Masato Shibata & Daichi Kazato

Mitomi Masayuki is back after going through a bad period last December. He was suspended from Union and DDT for bad behaviour on Twitter and then got himself injured while wrestling on a micro indie show a week later. He will be teaming with Daisuke Kanehira from Pro Wrestling HEAT-UP for his comeback.


DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~” Results

March 15, 2015

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DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 15/03/2015
Fukushima National Athletic Meet Commemoration Gymnasium
1,300 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kota Umeda with the Crossface Lock (9:37).
2. MIKAMI & Keisuke Ishii defeated Yasu Urano & Shunma Katsumata when Ishii pinned Katsumata with (9:25).
3. Saki Akai defeated Shoko Nakajima with the Rookie Award (7:54).
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Suguru Miyatake when Oishi pinned Miyatake with the Miracle Ecstasy (9:38).
5. HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when HARASHIMA pinned Takao with the Somato (13:11).
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Endo pinned Matsunaga with the Sky Twister Press (18:53).

A moment of silence was held at the beginning of the show in tribute to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

In the pre-match video of the main event, Gorgeous Matsuno sang a song about how alcohol is bad. This angered the Shuten-dōji team. During their interview Yukio Sakaguchi swore he would strangle Matsuno and Tomomitsu Matsunaga said he was going to crush his throat. Luckily Matsuno was teaming with Happy Motels and together they were victorious. After the match Matsuno asked his teammates how old they were. Konosuke Takeshita said 19, Tetsuya Endo said 23 and Antonio Honda said 12. Matsuno noted he will be 54 in April and he will continue to work hard inside the ring.

Danshoku Dino said he wanted Fukushima to be turned into a gay town. Sanshiro Takagi objected and said he wanted it to become a nudist town for Suguru Miyatake instead. That was the story of Match #4.

Matsuno’s partner, the “Fukushima Diva” Junko Tashiro performed a song during the show. She also sang a duet with Matsuno at the end.


Gorgeous Night Tomorrow, Tokyo Joshi Matches, March Of Union Updates

March 14, 2015

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 15/03/2015
Fukushima National Athletic Meet Commemoration Gymnasium

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kota Umeda
2. Yasu Urano & Shunma Katsumata Vs MIKAMI & Keisuke Ishii
3. Saki Akai Vs Shoko Nakajima
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

DDT’s benefit show for the Great East Japan Earthquake recovery efforts takes place tomorrow.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 3”, 22/03/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Erin Vs MIZUHO
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Hyper Misao
3. Nonoko & Akane Miura Vs Chikage Kiba & Yuka Sakazaki
4. Miyu Yamashita & KANNA Vs Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu

This will be the first Tokyo Joshi show without any live idol performances inbetween matches. With their roster getting bigger they can now have more matches to fill up the card.

UNION “MARCH OF UNION 2015”, 28/03/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Yuuya Kubo Vs Yuki Sato
2. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana)
3. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry Vs Shu Shibutani
4. FUMA, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT (w/ MEN’S Teioh) Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Masato Shibata & Daichi Kazato

Shuji Ishikawa wants his Union MAX Title bout against FUMA on 29th April to be a No DQ match. FUMA won’t agree to it but Ishikawa hopes to change his mind in Yokohama.

Shu Shibutani is hoping to win the Fly To Everywhere Title just over a month before she retires from pro wrestling. The new champion Cherry wants to protect her belt at any cost and does not want to lose it to somebody who is on the verge of retirement.

Hiroshi Fukuda has bulked up and gained some weight while he was recovering from his injury. He wants to put his body to the test with a match against Madoka but Naomi Susan is convinced Fukuda just wants to get near Harumi Tachibana.