DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015” Preview

February 11, 2015

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DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango
*Loser becomes champion.
0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Tomoya Kawamura & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Dai Suzuki & Kota Umeda
1. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Zeus
3. DDT Extreme Title – Teletama Presents Rules Rumble Match: Akito (c) Vs X
*X is Shiori Asahi.
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
5. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
6. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
7. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazushi Sakuraba
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

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First it was Sumo Hall then it was the Budokan and now DDT steps foot into Saitama Super Arena! Woah, woah, woah, hold your horses. This isn’t the full venue being used like back when Pride FC ran the place. DDT will be in the Community Hub section of the venue with an expected capacity of between 5,000 and 6,000 people. As you can see above, the hub looks emptier than Global Force Wrestling headquarters. Still, it’s been a big project for DDT to run the venue and they’ve put together a strong card in an attempt to make it a success.

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango

DDT General Manager Amon Tsurumi has proudly created a brand new championship and is eager to crown its first champion at Saitama Super Arena. However the King Of Dark Championship is quite weird in a lot of ways. It has been described as a “Misfortune Title” that is only to be defended in pre-show dark matches. The “champion” is forced to wrestle exclusively in dark matches until he wins a match and transfers the belt over to his defeated opponent. Nobody is sure why Amon came up with this idea but he is set on having it. Gota Ihashi, DJ Nira, Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango are the guinea pigs fighting to avoid the same fate as every single WWE Intercontinental Champion from the last 5 years. Whoever takes the fall becomes the first champion.

0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Tomoya Kawamura & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Dai Suzuki & Kota Umeda

The DNA students have been gaining experience since their debuts last November but this will be their biggest stage yet. Amon Tsurumi has high hopes the six wrestlers will show what DNA is all about.

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1. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika

It wouldn’t be a big combat sporting event in Saitama Super Arena without a freakshow fight. If a match featuring a champion sumo wrestler, a faux lucha heavyweight who used to sumo, a guy who thinks he’s Magnum TOKYO, a blow up doll who did sumo once, a 72 year old man who did sumo before anybody reading this was born and Antonio Honda isn’t that freakshow then I don’t know what is. According to Honda, Yoshihiko is a legendary “naughty sumo” in the Netherlands and its sumo name was Chinpaku (as best as I can tell it refers to something lewd). Kazuki Hirata is the odd one out. His obsession with the “Tokyo GO!” dance has mutated and taken form in the shape of HIRATA GO glasses. Whoever wears the glasses gains an overwhelming desire to dance while “Tokyo GO!” suddenly plays in the background. Toru Owashi is praying that not a single pair of replica glasses will be sold at the merch stand.

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2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Zeus

Aja Kong is the latest in the long line of outsiders who have taken the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title hostage. She has challenged anyone to try and take the title away from her. Saki Akai has a grudge to settle with Kong. The Iron Man Title was Saki’s first wrestling championship and Kong took it from her almost immediately after she won it. Since then Akai has made it her goal to win it back at the Battle Royal. There are a few other people to keep an eye on. Hikaru Sato returns to DDT and is full of confidence after winning an MMA fight in Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve. Kickboxer and failed bodyguard Bernard Ackah is trying his best to adapt into pro wrestling. Also Osaka powerhouse Zeus is here for some reason.

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3. DDT Extreme Title – Teletama Presents Rules Rumble Match: Akito (c) Vs X
*X is Shiori Asahi.

Shiori Asahi doesn’t get it. He’s been wrestling in DDT for a few months but each and every time he is advertised as X, a mystery “to be confirmed” wrestler. The problem is he’s not exactly a name to get excited about. Even worse is somebody always spoils the surprise so the DDT crew have to convince the audience to pretend they’re not expecting him. It’s gone to such lengths that Asahi is now getting the kind of pops for his entrance that Roman Reigns would kill for. Meanwhile Akito is quietly going through an impressive run with the DDT Extreme Title. He’s been able to showcase his technical abilities in matches that are more down to Earth than usual. But this match will be a rapid change of pace for him as it is a Rules Rumble. The rules of the match will change every 90 seconds. It could start out as a No Rope Break match then change into Falls Count Anywhere for example. The winner will also get a hamper of Saino-kuni Black Pig meat from the show’s sponsor Teletama.

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4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

It’s a surprise just how successful Gorgeous Matsuno and the Brahman Brothers have been as a trio so far. The reigning KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions have so far beaten T2Hide and the Golden☆Storm Riders. Next up to challenge them is Shuten-dōji. Nobody has been able to figure out how to survive the chaos Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei bring to their matches. The black India Ink they use to blind opponents has often been the key object of their success. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi would rather pour their alcohol into their mouths but they may need to give the Brahmans a taste of their own medicine in order to win.

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5. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa

10 tables, 3 ladders, 100 chairs. This is going to hurt. A bag containing a “luxury prize” will hang over the ring for the wrestlers to fight over. Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai form the team Crazy & President. They also have a Combat Bicycle to give them an edge over the opposition. The Golden☆Storm Riders are split over the rules. Daisuke Sasaki wants to win by any means but Suguru Miyatake thinks the match sounds cruel and horribly violent. Miyatake hopes the Riders will win through intelligence, mental and physical strength and also the power of science. MIKAMI will be in his element with the three ladders. Two of the ladders are 2m high and the third is 3m high. He expects his partner Shuji Ishikawa to put a lot of people through tables. Expect a big pyramid of chairs to be built somewhere in the building.

6. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)

No Michael, no cry! This is it for Michael Nakazawa in DDT. He has now moved to Singapore but will return to Japan for one more match with singer and actor Shigeru Matsuzaki in his corner. His opponent Danshoku Dino is returning after a hernia kept him out of action for three months. Dino thinks Matsuzaki is gay so he wonders whose side he is really on.

7. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Once In A Lunchtime! Super Sasadango Machine has a golden opportunity to face a legendary MMA fighter who has fought classic battles inside Saitama Super Arena. Sasadango has studied Kazushi Sakuraba and according to his most recent calculation he has a 25% chance of winning. More preparation is needed and you can be sure he will explain it to everyone with a PowerPoint presentation before the match.

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8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi

Now we get the the two matches we should all be hyped for. If you haven’t seen the 6-Man Tag main event from the last Korakuen show, go look it up now. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo are the flag bearers for DDT’s new generation and became the tag team to beat when they won the KO-D Tag Team Titles from the Golden Lovers. What better challenge for them than one of the best tag teams on the Japanese indie circuit, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi? The challengers have the size and experience advantages but don’t underestimate the strength of the champions. Endo is capable of doing the Torture Bomb on people their size while Takeshita came close to giving Sekimoto the Deadlift German Suplex in Korakuen. Can the Future of DDT peform their greatest feat yet or will the two golems of Big Japan Strong Style demolish Happy Motels?

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9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

The two biggest stars in DDT collide again five and a half years after their previous one on one match. Back when DDT ran Sumo Hall in 2009 for the first time, HARASHIMA defended the KO-D Openweight Title against Kota Ibushi. It is only fitting that the same match headlines DDT’s first show in Saitama Super Arena. Ibushi won the last match but a lot has changed since then. While Ibushi has won over fans around the world and splitting time between DDT and New Japan, HARASHIMA stayed put and became the most dominant KO-D Champion in the company’s history. Much like how John Cena is the top wrestler in WWE, HARASHIMA is the same in DDT. The two have only wrestled three singles matches against each other in their entire careers (22/10/06, 30/12/07 and 23/08/09) and HARASHIMA has the better record with two wins over Ibushi.

While the two have a respectful rivalry with each other, Ibushi has unexpectedly gotten under HARASHIMA’s skin during the build up to the big match. Oddly enough he did it by simply playing Rock Paper Scissors when HARASHIMA offered him a handshake Scissors beats Paper, after all. A few shows later HARASHIMA attempted the same trick but Ibushi was one step ahead and changed to Rock. The normally calm and cheerful HARASHIMA began to show a few cracks. He doesn’t like being made a fool of. But there is one move he has that can beat Rock, Paper and Scissors. The Somato! He hits that enough times on Ibushi and he’ll be able to smile again with the KO-D Title over his shoulder.

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DDT “DNA 3” Results

February 5, 2015

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DDT “DNA 3”, 05/02/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall
215 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Kotaro Nasu defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the PK (8:51).
2. Jiro Kuroshio & Tomoya Kawamura defeated Dai Suzuki & Kikutaro when Kawamura pinned Suzuki with a Small Package (14:31).
3. Yuko Miyamoto defeated Suguru Miyatake with a Manji Cobra (12:21).
4. Shunma Katsumata defeated Kota Umeda with the Casadora (9:27).
5. Kazusada Higuchi defeated Ryota Nakatsu with the Todorokiten (21:30).

Both Kazusada Higuchi and Ryota Nakatsu went into the main event with something to prove. Higuchi wanted to continue his unbeaten run while Nakatsu wanted to break a losing streak he has developed since the last DNA show. There is also the story of Higuchi getting featured in Weekly Pro-Wrestling magazine and Nakatsu becoming jealous over it. The two fought for over 20 minutes and Nakatsu came close to ending it with a Triangle Choke followed by a Cross Armbreaker. But Higuchi powered out and Power Bombed Nakatsu. He then applied the Canadian Backbreaker and turned it into the Choke Slam for the three count. Higuchi calls that move the Todorokiten, which I think translates into Roaring Heaven. Higuchi bowed to Nakatsu after the match and said he didn’t expect someone with a small body to be so strong.

Suguru Miyatake’s challenges against wrestling veterans continued with a bout against Yuko Miyamoto. While nowhere near as violent as his match against Jun Kasai last month, Miyatake was still taken to school and he submitted to the Manji Cobra.

Tomoya Kawamura got to show some style when teaming with Jiro Kuroshio. He wrestled in a fedora, sleeveless jacket and tie. Their opponents Dai Suzuki & Kikutaro were more concerned with staying warm since the show was taking place during snowy weather.

Kotaro Nasu asked Kouki Iwasaki if he wanted another match after their opener. Iwasaki indicated that he wanted it.

The next DNA show will be in Kitazawa Town Hall on 2nd April. Matches announced so far are Kazusada Higuchi Vs Suguru Miyatake, Dai Suzuki Vs Tigers Mask and Taiji Ishimori Vs Shunma Katsumata.

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DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2015 VOL.1” Results

February 1, 2015

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DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2015 VOL.1”, 01/02/2015
Aichi Nakamura Sports Centre
576 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Canadian Backbreaker (5:30).
1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Shunma Katsumata with a Cobra Twist (7:08).
2. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao & DJ Nira when Honda submitted Nira during a Backslide Pin (12:57).
3. Shigehiro Irie defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Beast Bomber (9:16).
4. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when KUDO pinned Hirata with the Buzzsaw Kick (12:55).
5. MIKAMI defeated Yasu Urano with the Suicide Bomb (14:05).
6. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi & X = Shiori Asahi when HARASHIMA pinned Sasaki with the Somato (18:03).

This is the final proper DDT show until “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”. There is a DNA show on Thursday and a few of the other sister promotions have shows before the 15th. But as far as the main DDT stuff goes, this is it.

Shiori Asahi (He was X by the way) offered a handshake to Akito after the main event but Akito spat in his face instead.

Kazuki Hirata’s Hirata GO! glasses were stolen and worn in the ring by Yukio Sakaguchi. He was able to resist the urge to dance and took them off so he could kick Hirata a lot.

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Last Few Turns Before Saitama Super Arena

January 27, 2015

DDT “WRESTLING OKEHAZAMA 2015 VOL.1”, 01/02/2015
Aichi Nakamura Sports Centre

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao & DJ Nira
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Suguru Miyatake
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
5. Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI
6. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Makoto Oishi & X
*X is Shiori Asahi.

This will be the last proper DDT show before “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”.

DDT “DNA 3”, 05/02/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Jiro Kuroshio & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Dai Suzuki & Kikutaro
3. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Kotaro Nasu
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Kota Umeda
5. Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuko Miyamoto

Suguru Miyatake’s rookie adventure next leads him to Yuko Miyamoto. Prepare for him to get beat up again.

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Tokyo BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Yuka Sakazaki Vs Ai Shimizu
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Erin
3. Nonoko & Akane Miura Vs Miyu Yamashita & KANNA

The Nonoko Vs Miyu Yamashita feud continues.

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango
*Loser becomes champion.
0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tomoya Kawamura, Dai Suzuki, Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki
1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazushi Sakuraba
3. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika
4. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Zeus
6. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X
*X is Shiori Asahi.
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

Zeus and Hikaru Sato fill up the vacated spots in the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal.

Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango have been added to the King Of Dark Title match. Fukuda demanded to be included until he found out about the rules.

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DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015” Results

January 25, 2015

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DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Hoshitango defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Hip Drop (3:21).
1. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira when KUDO pinned Ihashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (6:53).
2. Road To Iron Man Battle Royal: Hikaru Sato defeated Shunma Katsumata with a Half Crab (9:06).
Order Of Elimination: Saki Akai, Bernard Ackah, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yasu Urano, Soma Takao, Shunma Katsumata.
3. Road To Super TLC: MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire and Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Ishikawa pinned Miyatake with the Splash Mountain (10:40).
4. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko) defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Kojika pinned Hirata with the Choke Slam (11:13).
5. Road To Kazushi Sakuraba: Super Sasadango Machine defeated Sanshiro Takagi with a School Boy (4:14).
6. DDT Extreme Title – No Rope Escape Match: Akito (c) defeated Makoto Oishi with the rope assisted Triangle Scorpion (15:01).
*V5 for Akito.
7. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi defeated HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo when Sekimoto pinned Endo with the Deadlift German Suplex (23:51).

With three weeks to go until DDT takes over the Community section of Super Saitama Arena, the company held a big preview show over at Korakuen Hall. Many of the matches today gives us an idea of what to expect in Saitama next month.

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In the main even the KO-D Openweight Champion and KO-D Tag Team Champions banded together to face their challengers in a 6-Man Tag. HARASHIMA has been getting the better of Kota Ibushi in their recent tag matches but Ibushi is ever so slightly winding up the champion with mind games. Meanwhile Happy Motels got the opportunity to measure up against the Strong BJ team of Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi before their big title match. The challengers rallied together and defeated the champions but it wasn’t easy. HARASHIMA hit the Somato to Ibushi on the apron. But a Swan Dive into the ring was caught by Okabayashi and ended with HARASHIMA being driven into the mat with a Spinebuster. Konosuke Takeshita gave Sekimoto the Blue Thunder and left it up to Tetsuya Endo to finish him. However Sekimoto recovered and hit Endo with a big Lariat for a nearfall. He then gave Endo the Deadlift German Suplex and this time he got the pin.

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Ibushi continued the mind games after the match when he offered a handshake to HARASHIMA. The champion didn’t want to be tricked again so he stuck his hand out in the shape of scissors. However as he did that Ibushi immediately changed his hand into rock. HARASHIMA changed his hand to paper but Ibushi switched to scissors. The two continued playing Rock Paper Scissors with Ibushi winning every hand and HARASHIMA getting noticeably more irritated. Amon Tsurumi stepped in and said he is looking forward to seeing great matches at “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”.

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Akito faced Makoto Oishi in a No Rope Break Match with the DDT Extreme Title on the line. With no rope breaks in effect tightly locked submissions were now more dangerous. Both wrestlers had to physically drag themselves out of the ring to have any chance of escaping some of the holds applied during the match. Akito used the ropes to his advantage when he applied the Triangle Scorpion and held onto the ropes to apply even more pressure. Oishi tried his best to escape but soon had to give up. Next up for Akito is Shiori Asahi… I mean X.

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Super Sasadango Machine has been studying his chances of beating Kazushi Sakuraba next month. Using a Powerpoint presentation he explained that he had 0% chance of winning. He also remembered that he has now been wrestling for over 10 years and reaching such a milestone should power him up. A victory over Sanshiro Takagi gave him a confidence boost and Sasadango now thinks he has a 25% chance of beating Sakuraba.

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Once again Kazuki Hirata’s Magnum gear was stolen by Antonio Honda. Hirata got brand new GO! glasses to wear but Honda got his hands on them first. Whoever wears the glasses becomes compelled to dance to the Magnum TOKYO theme song. So obviously everybody in the match got to wear the glasses at some point, Great Kojika included. Kojika used the power of the music to clear house and pin Hirata with a Choke Slam.

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A single table, ladder and chair were involved in the Super TLC preview bout. MIKAMI made good use of the ladder while Daisuke Sasaki put Shigehiro Irie through the table. Back in the ring Shuji Ishikawa pinned Suguru Miyatake with the Splash Mountain. Things are only going to get crazier from there in Saitama.

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Saki Akai’s chances of regaining the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title are not looking good. She was the first person eliminated in today’s Battle Royal after a double Clothesline from Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Bernard Ackah. Matsunaga then pinned Ackah afterwards and after that Ackah knocked him out. Near the end Shunma Katsumata was the last one in the ring but he was soon joined by a big surprise. It was the return of Hikaru Sato! Coming down to the UWF Theme, Sato entered the ring carrying the Shield Of Victory Award he won at DEEP’s Saitama Super Arena show on New Year’s Eve. He kicked Katsumata down and tapped him out with a Half Crab all while still posing with the award. Sato took the mic and said he is unbeaten at MMA in Super Saitama Arena and he is now free to go after the Iron Man Title on 15th February.

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Despite not having the Brahman Brothers by his side, Gorgeous Matsuno still had access to the black India Ink to use against Shuten-dōji. Gota Ihashi used the ink to blind Yukio Sakaguchi but Masa Takanashi and KUDO were still there. KUDO hit the Diving Double Knee Drop on Ihashi for the win.

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Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango had an unscheduled dark match during Amon Tsurumi’s opening show announcements. Tsurumi just stood there and spoke while the two men wrestled around him. When they were down Fukuda demanded he should be in the King Of Dark Title match and he would forfeit his spot in the Iron Man Title Rumble to do it. Tsurumi decided that the title match will now be Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango. Fukuda was thrilled with the news until he found out the King Of Dark Title is actually a “Misfortune Championship”. Fukuda asked why would Tsurumi create such a championship? Tsurumi told him to go home.

Zeus will be in the 15/2 Iron Man Title Rumble.

The matches for DNA 3 on 5th February are Shunma Katsumata Vs Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki Vs Kotaro Nasu, Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Jiro Kuroshio & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Dai Suzuki & Kikutaro and in the main event Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuko Miyamoto.

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Sasadango Vs Sakuraba: Once In A Lunchtime! King Of Dark Title

January 20, 2015

UNION “YUMI NIMO MAKEZU 2015”, 24/01/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. SAGAT & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Goro Jr. & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Ladybeard & Riho Vs Cherry & Ryu Gouma
3. Modoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi
5. “Mr. Perfect” Hiroshi Fukuda Comeback & Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle Reunion Memorial Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh Vs Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi
6. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata

Shuji Ishikawa has chosen U-File Camp fighter Masato Shibata as his partner for the UWA World Tag Team Title match. Ishikawa said there are now less big guys in wrestling than there used to be and what’s better in pro wrestling than big guys colliding into each other? So he has picked someone similar in size to himself to be his teammate.

Mio Shirai admitted she doesn’t know a lot about her next challenger Aoi Ishibashi. However, overcoming the odds is what a champion does so Shirai is willing to take the risk of not studying Ishibashi before their match.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Road To Iron Man Battle Royal: Yasu Urano Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah
2. Road To Kazushi Sakuraba: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Sanshiro Takagi
3. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. Road To Super TLC: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko)
6. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
7. DDT Extreme Title – No Rope Escape Match: Akito (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

Akito’s reign of technical wrestling over the DDT Extreme Title now brings him into a match where rope escapes are not in effect. He and Makoto Oishi will have to rely on other means to avoid submission holds. Or maybe they both have a few moves up their sleeve that would benefit from rope usage.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 10”, 08/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. URRC Vs Erokawa Principle ~No Calories Recording Diet Super Fight~: Angela Ami Vs Kana
2. Let’s Go!! Bedscene!!: Osamu Namiguchi & Tiger Bedscene Vs Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Confrontation Of A Dream! Gundan Vs Gundan ~TOP OF THE SUPER ARMY~: Gundan Hitori Vs Ishihara Gundan Man
4. Karate Vs Karate Chop Part 2: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Karate Zebra
5. The Participation Story EPISODE 3 – Moment, Heart, Repeatedly ~ Both Of You, Dance Like You Want To Win!: Ken Ohka & Yukihiro Abe Vs Shota & Tomoya Kawamura

Ganpuro’s ranks have been boosted with the addition of Yukihiro Abe to the roster. Ken Ohka will be relying on him to get some revenge on the turncoat Shota.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2”, 14/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sonoko Kato & Ryo Mizunami Vs Tsukasa Fujimoto & Miyako Matsumoto
2. Isami Kodaka & Mika Iida Vs Yumi Ohka & Daichi Kazato
3. Four Organisations 4 Way Match: Tsukushi Vs Shu Shibutani Vs Cherry Vs Mayumi Ozaki
4. Fairy Nihonbashi, Dynamite Kansai & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi, Mochi Miyagi & Aja Kong
5. Mio Shirai Vs Io Shirai

Naomi Susan noted that the relationship Union now has with Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Ice Ribbon thanks to Shirai’s multi-contract has created some fresh women’s matches in Union.

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Gota Ihashi Vs DJ Nira
0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tomoya Kawamura, Dai Suzuki, Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki
1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazushi Sakuraba
3. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika
4. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X
*X is Shiori Asahi.
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

Super Sasadango Machine’s opponent for Saitama Super Arena (the Community Arena, not the giant stadium) is none other than Kazushi Sakuraba! Sasadango’s only knew beforehand that he was getting a “super-heavyweight” opponent. Both men are said to be enthusiastic about the match.

Details have emerged for DDT’s newest… championship? Accomplishment? Reward? Whatever it is, the King Of Dark Title is only defended in dark matches and the first champion will either be Gota Ihashi or DJ Nira. However, the first champion will be whoever loses the match. For you see, the King of Dark is forced to wrestle only in dark matches until they win. Victories by the champion is what causes title changes so I assume defeats count as title defences. It is the championship nobody wants unless you want to wrestle early!

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 9” Results

January 18, 2015

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Saitama Industrial Technology Centre
295 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. 3 Way Match: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata when Sakaguchi pinned Katsumata with the Skewered Knee Kick (5:33).
2. Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Saki Akai & Gota Ihashi when Owashi pinned Ihashi after a High Kick from Akai (9:08).
3. Shigehiro Irie defeated DJ Nira after a Super Kick from Amon Tsurumi (6:20).
4. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kazuki Hirata with the German Suplex (11:25).
5. Infomercial Match: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi defeated Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo when Oishi pinned Honda after the Cactus Flower (8:33).
6. KUDO & Masa Takanashi defeated Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao when KUDO pinned Takao with the Diving Double Knee Drop (11:50).
7. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito defeated Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when HARASHIMA pinned Miyatake with the Somato (16:15).

Sanshiro Takagi was taken off the show due to a high fever, causing a minor reshuffle of the card.

With one month to go until “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, the skirmishes between HARASHIMA and Kota Ibushi continue. HARASHIMA again got one up on his rival, scoring another tag team victory in the main event. HARASHIMA told Ibushi afterwards that their matches so far have been great fun. He offered a handshake but Ibushi instead held up his hand in a scissors pose. This riled up HARASHIMA and he has rarely shown an angry side during his KO-D Title run. Yasu Urano calmed him down and HARASHIMA was back to his pleasant self for the end of show promo.

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The Pu Joshi Hyakkei Infomercial Match featured Makoto Oishi, Shiori Asahi, Antonio Honda and Tetsuya Endo all wrestling in schoolgirl outfits. An illustration of a wrestling move taken from the book would appear on the screen and it was up to the wrestlers to perform the move. Some of the moves shown were the Giant Swing, Boma Ye, Axe Bomber and Guillotine Drop. The final move was the Cactus Flower, Oishi & Asahi’s tag team finisher. It took a bit of effort to do the move on Honda due to his weight but they eventually pulled it off.

Konosuke Takeshita asked Kazuki Hirata to wrestle him without the Magnum TOKYO mask because he wanted to fight the Hirata he trained with. Hirata took the request to heart and resisted the urge to call for his music during the match. But late into the match the temptation proved to be too strong and Kazuki called for his song. Another song played over the sound system and Hirata was confused. Takeshita took advantage and used the German Suplex to win the match. Hirata got to hear his song afterwards.

Gota Ihashi offered to protect Saki Akai on her journey to beat Aja Kong for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. But he was just doing it for romantic reasons and stopped their tag match so he could ask for a kiss. Akai knocked him out with a High Kick.

Amon Tsurumi revealed his plans to create the King Of Dark Championship, a revolutionary new title to be used exclusively in dark matches. He wanted to give Ihashi and DJ Nira the opportunity to be the first champion at “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”. Ihashi wasn’t eager about the idea until Amon suggested that he and Akai could wind up as a champion couple. Ihashi agreed right away. Nira however refused to take part because he wanted to be in the Iron Man Battle Royal instead. He only accepted when Tsurumi bowed to him and asked politely.

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DDT “DRAMATIC KAIYUKAN! 2015” Results

January 12, 2015

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DDT “DRAMATIC KAIYUKAN! 2015”, 12/01/2015
Osaka Port Kumin Center
375 – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ryota Nakatsu ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Kouki Iwasaki & DJ Nira when Owashi pinned Nira with La Magistral Cradle (0:25).
1a. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Kouki Iwasaki & DJ Nira when Owashi pinned Nira with a Collapsed Body Slam (5:18).
2. Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & HAYATA when Honda pinned Matsunaga with the Diving Fist Drop (10:58).
3. Akito & MIKAMI defeated Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Akito pinned Katsumata with the Kinniku Big Move (9:43).
4. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kushinbo Kamen with a Big Boot (0:06).
4a. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kushinbo Kamen with the German Suplex (11:08).
5. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Takanashi pinned Takao with the Takatonic (11:08).
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki with the Somato (18:31).

HARASHIMA and Kota Ibushi had a staredown after the main event. Insteado of offering a handshake, Ibushi instead patted the KO-D Openweight Title that was around HARASHIMA’s waist.

Today Konosuke Takeshita got to wrestle a special match against Kushinbo Kamen. Using Yukinori Matsui to speak on his behalf, Kamen explained to the crowd that Takeshita as a little kid in kindergarten used to watch him wrestle in Osaka Pro. Kamen was happy to see Takeshita grow up into the wrestler that stood before him and was excited to wrestle him. The match began and Takeshita immediately won with a Big Boot. Takeshita was shocked and refused to accept the victory. He didn’t want this special match to end like this so it restarted. In the rematch Takeshita immediately hit the Big Boot again but this time he stopped the pin himself before Matsui counted to three. The match went outside and Kamen accidentally hit a photographer with a Sliding Kick. Kamen also attempted a dive from the top turnbuckle but jumped the opposite direction from Takeshita and landed on the floor. Matsui later got involved when he got sick of Kamen’s shenanigans and gave him a German Suplex. Takeshita then hit a German of his own for the win.

Makoto Oishi admitted that the X challenger for the DDT Extreme Title at “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015” will be (sigh) Shiori Asahi. Oishi aims to beat Akito at Korakuen Hall this month so he can win the belt and defend it against Asahi.

Kouki Iwasaki expressed disappointment that his tag match ended in 6 seconds when his partner DJ Nira was quickly pinned. Iwasaki was looking forward to facing Sanshiro Takagi so they agreed to an immediate rematch. DJ Nira was pinned again, this time when a Body Slam attempt failed. The much heavier Toru Owashi fell on top of him and got the pin.

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DDT “DRAMATIC TENPOZAN! 2015” Results

January 11, 2015

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DDT “DRAMATIC TENPOZAN! 2015”, 11/01/2015
Osaka Port Kumin Center
418 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Makoto Oishi defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Miracle Ecstasy (7:09).
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan when Takagi pinned Ecchan with La Magistral Cradle (10:04).
3. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Shunma Katsumata & Ryota Nakatsu when Takeshita pinned Nakatsu with the German Suplex (12:04).
4. MIKAMI defeated Keisuke Ishii with a School Boy (3:58).
5. New Year’s Annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA defeated Kazuki Hirata, DJ Nira and Shoichi Uchida when YAZAWA pinned all three with a Triple School Boy (14:00).
6. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Ibushi pinned Takao with the Sit Down Last Ride (12:40).
7. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito when KUDO pinned Urano with the Diving Double Knee Drop (18:29).

Nearly one year into the unit’s existence, Shuten-dōji were victorious today in their birthplace of Osaka. They aim to celebrate their one year anniversary by winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles in Saitama Super Arena next month. And they also want to beat Team Dream Futures tomorrow. Masa Takanashi then plugged the unit’s new DVD.

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match made its return. In this match the wrestlers must “release their rock ‘n’ roll spirits” whenever music played over the speakers. However sometimes they got songs from Swan Lake so they all tried to dance as elegantly as they could. It was during Swan Lake when the four wrestlers linked up by holding hands. A. YAZAWA found an opportunity and rolled up the other three with a big School Boy for the triple three count.

MIKAMI caught Keisuke Ishii off guard with a Suicide Dive while Ishii was making his entrance. Then three minutes into the match MIKAMI pinned Ishii with the School Boy. After the match MIKAMI talked about Ishii missing an AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title match because of illness. He told Ishii he was not rotting, life is just frustrating. It’s up to Ishii to crawl out of it and rise back up.

Sanshiro Takagi took time off during his match to promote the SHI-EN Pro Wrestling show taking place in Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2 on 21st February. He even forced Toru Owashi to take some of the tickets from the merch stand and hand them out to people in the front row.

Suguru Miyatake was taken off the show due to injury. Ryota Nakatsu took his place in Match #3 and Kouki Iwasaki took Nakatsu’s place in the opening match.

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DDT “DNA 2” Results

January 9, 2015

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DDT “DNA 2”, 09/01/2015
Shinjuku FACE
322 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Ryuichi Sekine defeated Kota Umeda with the Combine (7:20).
2. Shota defeated Dai Suzuki with the Frog Splash (9:19).
3. Jiro Kuroshio defeated Tomoya Kawamura with a Sunset Flip (9:27).
4. Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki when Suzuki pinned Nakatsu with the One Handed Backbreaker (10:53).
5. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata when Nakajima pinned Katsumata with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (20:24).
6. Jun Kasai defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Pearl Harbour Splash (14:33).

Suguru Miyatake had the unenviable task of taking on Jun Kasai in the main event. However he went after the Crazy Monkey with gusto, attacking him the moment the bell rang. A steel chair was brought in and was used by both wrestlers on each other. Kasai was unaffected but Miyatake took damage. He tried to stay in the match but was eventually pinned with the Pearl Harbour Splash. Kasai wondered why a fresh rookie from dullsville wanted to take on the charismatic death match wrestler. Kasai knows how to be strong and offered Miyatake the chance to team with him some day.

Katsuhiko Nakajima said he will remember Kazusada Higuchi’s name and was surprised to find out they are both the same age.

Overall it was a tough day for the rookies. A lot of them faced more experienced wrestlers and came up short. Sanshiro Takagi explained at the end of the show that the DNA wrestlers need to be given tough tests like these. He then revealed in February Miyatake will have a match against Yuko Miyamoto.

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